4o A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



In the church-yard I faw feveral fine 

 old yew trees, which Mr. Pennant fays 

 have, from their beauty, been accounted 

 amongft the wonders of Wales. Whence 

 the cuflom of planting yew trees in 

 church-yards arofe, I am at a lofs to 

 fay. It feems to be of great antiquity, 

 for Offian fpeaks thus of two lovers: > 

 " Here refts their duft, Cuthullin ; thefe 

 " lonely yews fprang up from their 

 " tomb, and fhade them from the 

 '* florm." They may probably have been 

 confidered as emblematical of the ftate of 

 mankind. Theleaves being of a moft poi- 

 fonous quality, may have been thought 

 tin emblem of mortality, whilft the du- 

 rable foliage refitting even the winter's 



(f-fo.-Axfai t~4 . 



> ^ -} olafts, and the great age to which the 

 trees frequently attain, of two or three 

 centuries, are not unaptly fignificant of 

 immortality and eternity. 



Banffor is fomewhat more than two 



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miles beyond Overtoil. It is fituated 

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