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b rated Snowdon, which will amply repay him for 

 his personal labour. We cannot refrain from 

 inserting here, a few remarks from the pen of 

 Mr. Pennant, relative to his visit to this cele- 

 brated mountain. " The view from this exalted 

 scene is unbounded. In a former tour I saw 

 from it the county of Chester, the high hills of 

 Yorkshire, part of the north of England, 

 Scotland, and Ireland ; a plain view of the Isle 

 of Man, and that of Anglesey lay extended like 

 a map beneath us, with every rill visible. I took 

 much pains to see this prospect to advantage; 

 sat up at a farm on the west till about twelve, 

 and walked up the whole way. The night was 

 remarkable fine and starry ; towards morn the 

 stars faded away, and left a short interval of 

 darkness, which was soon dispersed by the dawn 

 of day. The body of the sun appeared most 

 distinct, with the rotundity of the moon, before 

 it rose high enough to render its beams too 

 brilliant for our sight. The sea, which bounded 

 the western part, was gilt by its beams, first in 

 slender streaks, at length glowed with redness. 

 The prospect was disclosed to us like the gradual 

 drawing up of a curtain in an amphitheatre. 

 We saw more and more, till the heat became so 

 powerful as to attract the mists from the various 

 lakes, which in a slight degree obscured the 



