A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. IJl 



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for fome miles went along the fide of the 

 Dee, I preferred that, though it led me 

 a mile or two farther round. 



This road, as I had imagined, lay 

 along the vale of Edeirneon, which I had 

 io much admired in my ramble to Pont 

 y Glyn; but I found it fo bad, that it 

 was almofl impaflable, and being in ge- 

 neral along the bottom of this wide vale, 

 I by no means had an opportunity of 

 feeing all it's beauties; but whenever I 

 could get upon an eminence I found 

 much to admire. 



At the village of Cynwyd, the Source 

 of Mifcbief, probably fo called in confe- 

 quence of the courts which were for- 

 merly held there by the great men of 

 the neighbourhood, to fettle the bounda- 

 ries of the neighbouring commons, and 

 to take cognizance of the encroach- 

 ments;* I turned on the left for about 

 half a mile up a dell that led me to 



* Pennant, II. 72. 



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