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wide and long ftreet, and feated at the 



bottom of a large pool, called Llyn Te- 



f gid, the Fair Lake. It is in the parifh of 



,\ Llanycil, the Church of the Recefs, about 



a mile diftant, and is principally noted 



on account of it's great trade in woollen 



flock ings. The affizes for Merioneth- 



fhire are alternately held here and at 



Dolgelle. 



Jufl before I entered the town, I 

 pa fled, on the left, a lofty artificial 

 mount, called Tommen y Bala, the Tu- 

 X mulus of Bala, which Mr. Pennant* con- 

 jectures to have been of Roman origin, 

 and placed here, with a fmall caftle on 

 it's fummit, to fecure the pafs towards 

 the fea, and keep the mountaineers in 

 fubjection. Of this he thinks the \Velfh 

 afterwards took advantage, by making 

 it one of the chain of Britiih pofts which 

 extended towards the north. 



* Tour in Walts, II. 77. 



The 



