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St. Afaph. It is built on a rock, where 

 it would feem almoft impoflible to fix a 

 foundation fufficiently firm to withftand 

 the furious rapidity of the current, which 

 has worn the broad fhelving mafles to a 

 black and glofly polifh. 



In the church, I found nothing deferv- 

 ing of attention. The name of it's pa~ 

 tron faint, Mr, Pennant tells us, is Colkn 

 ap Gzvynnawg, ap Clidaivg, ap Cowrda, ap 

 Caradog, Freichpas ap Llyr Merim, ap 

 Einion Trth, ap Cunedda Wledig, who has 

 left a legend behind him worthy of the 

 Koran itfelf. From the church-yard, 

 the lofty mountains, on one of which is 

 Caftell Dinas Bran, and the woody banks 

 of the Dee, whofe rapid ftream winds 

 along the valley, form a fcene by no 

 means inelegant. 



About a quarter of a mile from Llan- 

 gollen is PlasNewydd, the charming re- 

 treat of Lady Eleanor Butler and Mifs 



Pon- 



