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prospect. The shadow of the mountain was 

 flung many miles, and showed its hicapitated 

 form ; the Wyddfa making one, Crib y Distill 

 the other. I counted, this time, between twenty 

 and thirty lakes, either in this county or 

 Meirionydd (Merioneth) shire. The day proved 

 so excessively hot that my journey cost me the 

 skin of the lower part of my face before I 

 reached the resting-place, after the fatigue of 

 the morning." 



nf innrisu frnm 



" How grand the scene from this stupendous height ! 

 How awfully sublime ! The king of day 

 Flames in the East ; old ocean's waves display 

 One globe of fire ! one boundless flood of light ! 

 With white unclouded lustre blaze the skies ! 

 While Mona's flats, tinged with a golden hue, 

 Burst with transcendant beauty on the view ; 

 And Man, thy blue seen mountains proudly rise. 

 Nature beneath seems prostrate ; and my sight 

 Can hardly grasp the vast immensity ! 

 Can then the muse attempt to sing of thee, 

 Nature's great God ! Father of life and light ! 

 Who bade the sun his annual circle roll, 

 Who guides, directs, and animates the whole." 



There are various lakes in this county, in 

 which there are numerous and large trout. The 

 names of the principal of these are O given 

 Lake, Lake of Cwm Idwel, the Llanberis Lakes, 

 the Lakes of Nantle, Nant Gwynan, Llyn 



