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and green, they make a more pleafing variety, 

 and take off nothing from the profpeft. 

 The Caftle has an old fafhioned garden jufl 

 under it, which a few alterations might make 

 very pretty i for there is a command of water 

 and wood in it, which may be fo managed as 

 to produce all the beauties that art can add, 

 to what liberal nature has fo laviflily done for 

 this place. We went from thence to fee 

 Peftill * Rhaider, a famous cafcade ; but it 

 did not quite anfwer my expe&ations, for 

 though the fall is fo high, the dream is but 

 narrow, and it wants the complement of 

 wood, the water falling like a fpout on an 

 even defcent, down the middle of a wide 

 naked rock, without any breaks to fcatter the 

 water. Upon the whole, it gave me but little 

 pleafure. 



After having feen the Velino, we lay that 

 night at the houfe of a gentleman who had 

 the care of Lord Powis'slead mines ; it Hands 

 in a valley, which feems the abode of quiet 

 and fecuriry, furrounded with very high 

 mountains on all fides ; but in itfelf airy, 

 foft and agreeable. j" If a man was difpofed 

 to forget the world, and be forgotten by it, 

 he could not find a more proper place. In 

 fome of thofe mountains are veins of lead 



* Piftyll Rhaiadr. t Probably the vale of Llangunog. 



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