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are defended, not only from their four-footed enemies, but 

 alfo from the Bosjefmans. Nothing can be compared to their 

 watchfulnefs ; the leopard, the jackal, even the lion himfelf, 

 are terrified with the barking of the faithful troop, and 

 haften to retreat. 



SNOW-BIRD Lake, a lake of North America, W. 

 of Hudfon's bay ; 12 miles wide from E. to W., but from 

 N. to S. much more extenfive. 



SNOWDON Mountains, a duller or ridge of lofty 

 hills in the county of Caernarvon, North Wales, are 

 fituated to the S.E. of the county-town, ftretching to the 

 confines of Merionethfhire. They are called by the Welfh 

 the mountains of Eryri, and according to an ancient pro- 

 Terb, mentioned by Giraldus, were confidered to be fo ex- 

 tenfive and produiiive, as to be capable of affording fuffi- 

 cient pafture for all the herds in Wales, if coUefted toge- 

 ther. The fame author informs us, that there were two 

 lakes on the high part of thefe hills, one of which was re- 

 markable for a floating ifland, and theother for three kinds 

 of fifh, viz. eels, trout, and perch, which had " only one 

 eye, the left being wanting." The highefl fummit of this 

 ridge is called by the inhabitants Y Wyddfa, or the Confpi- 

 cuous, and by the Englifli, fpecially Snowdon. Though 

 confefFedly the highett mountain in Wales, being, according 

 to Pennant, 3567 feet above the level of the Tea, it is by 

 no means the mofl pifturefque in its form ; for Cadair Idris, 

 Moelwyn, and Arran, in North Wales, and the Cadair 

 Arthur, near Brecknock, in South Wales, prtfent a far 

 bolder outline. Camden remarks of thcle mountains, that 

 they may be very properly termed the Britifh Alps ; " for 

 befides that they are the liigheft of all the ifland, they are 

 alfo no lefs inacceflible by reafon of the fleepnefs of their 

 rocks than the Alps themfelves ; and they all encompafs one 

 hill, which far exceeding the reft in height, does fo towre its 

 head aloft, that it feems, 1 fhall not fay to threaten the 

 Iky, but to thruft its fummit into it. It harbours fnow 

 continually, being throughout the year covered with it, 

 or rather with a hardened cruft of fnow, and hence the 

 Britifh name of Craig Eryri, and the Englifh one of 

 Snowdon." 



Snowdon was held as facred by the ancient Britons, as Par- 

 naffus was by the Greeks, and Ida by the Cretans. It is 

 ftill faid, " that whofoever flept upon Snowdon would wake 

 infpired, as much as if he had taken a nap on the hill of 

 Apollo." The Welfh alfo have always had the ftrongefl 

 attachment to the traft of Snowdon. It was, fay they, 

 the appurtenance of the principality of Wales, which the 

 prince and his predecellors held from the days of Brute. 

 One of the titles of the prince was that of lord of Snow- 

 don : and, indeed, fuch was the importance attached to this 

 ftrong region, that when Llewellyn was at his laft extre- 

 mity, he rejefted " the propofal of Edward, of a thoufand 

 a-year, and fome honourable county in England, to give it 

 up, well knowing that his principality mull terminate with 

 the ceffion." When the Englifh monarch afterwards effcft- 

 cd the complete conquell of Wales, he held a triumphal 

 fair upon this mountain, and adjourned to finifh the joy of 

 his viftory, by folemn tournaments on the plains of Nevin. 

 After this event the traft of Snowdon was annexed to the 

 crown of England, and continued to be a royal forell as late 

 as the reign of queen Elizabeth. Leland informs us, that in 

 his days ftags were found here in fuch numbers, as to de- 

 ftroy the little corn the farmers attempted to low ; but thefe, 

 Pennant tells us, were extirpated before the year 1626. 

 The fame a\ithor adds, " Snowdon being a royal foreft, 

 warrants were ifliicd for the killing of the deer. I have feen 

 one from tlic duke of Suffolk, dated April 30, 1552, and 



another in the firlt year of queen Elizabeth, figned by Ro- 

 bert Tounefend ; and a third, in 156 1, by Henry Sydney. 

 The fecond was addrelTed to the mailer of the game, ranger, 

 and keeper of the queen's highnefs foreft of Snowdon, in 

 the county of Carnarvon. The laft extended the foreft into 

 the counties of Meirionydd and Anglefea, with the view of 

 gratifying the rapacity of the favourite, Dudley, earl of 

 Leicefter, who had by letters patent been appointed chief 

 ranger." Pennant's Tour in Wales, vol. ii. 410. The Iti- 

 nerary of Archbifhop Baldwin through Wales, A.D. 

 1 188, by Giraldus de Barri, tranflated by fir R. C. Hoare, 

 bart. 4to. 1806. Aikin's Tour in Wales, 8vo. Wynd- 

 ham's Tour in North Wales, 4to. Hutton's Remarks on 

 North Wales, being the Refult of Sixteen Tours, 8vo. 

 1803. Bingley's Tour round North Wales, 2 vols. Svo. 

 1 800. Caernarvonfhire, or fome Account of its Antiqui- 

 ties, Mountains, and Produflions, 8vo. 1792. 



SNOW-HILL, a fea-port of Maryland, and capital of 

 Worcefter county, fituated on the S.E. fide of Pokomoke 

 river, containing about 60 houfes, a court -houfe and gaol ; 

 the inhabitants of which deal principally in lumber and corn ; 

 158 miles from Wafhington. N. lat. 38° 11'. W. long. 



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SNOWSWICK Pine-Apple Cheefe, in Rural Economy, a 

 particular fort of cheefe made about that place in Berkfhire, 

 which are of the pine-apple fhape and external appearance. 

 They are principally made upon the farm of a Mr. Pike, and 

 fome others, in the parifh of Bufcot, which are famous for 

 them. They fell confiderably higher than thofe cheefes 

 which are made in the common forms, and they are juftly 

 entitled to the diftinftion and increafe of price, in confe- 

 quence of their peculiar richnefs, and the delicacy of their 

 flavour. When kept to the proper age, they are, perhaps, 

 not inferior to any cheefe in the kingdom. 



In regard to the method of making them, the firft part of 

 the procefs is exaftly the fame as for the common fort. The 

 curds are then well worked and broken down with the 

 hands, after which the whole is preffed into a wooden mould, 

 contrived in the fhape of a llower-pot, being afterwards 

 hung up and fufpended from beams, rafters, or pegs, in an 

 airy apartment, in a net, the mefhes of which mark and in- 

 dent the furface in the manner of the pine-apple. Salt is then 

 rubbed into and over them, or they are ilecped in a fuitable 

 brine made from that fubltance. On the above perfon'* 

 farm, the firft of thefe methods is thought to be the moft 

 proper and advifeable. No fort of continued preflure it 

 employed, and yet in firmnefs, it is faid, when dry, thefe 

 cheefes cannot be diftinguifhcd from thofe which have un- 

 dergone the force of preflure in chcefe-prefTes. 



One of thefe pine-apple cheefes, for the moft part, weighs 

 about five pounds, and in good years, it is faid, that two 

 tons of them are made on the farm already noticed alone. 

 It is, indeed, fcarcely known that they are manufaAured 

 any where elfe. 



Some cheefes are made in other parts of this diftrift, as 

 about Stanford, in the Vale, in the fanciful fhape of a hare 

 fitting in her form. Thefe arc likewife fometimcs coloured 

 with fage. See Cheese and Daikying. 



SNUFF, a preparation of tobacco, made by reducingit 

 into a powder, fit to be taken in at the nofe, in order to 

 purge or clear the head of pituita. 



Ordinarily, tobacco is the bafis of fnuff; other matters 

 being only added to give it a more agreeable fcent, &c. 

 The kinds of fnuff, and their fcveral names, arc infinite ; 

 and new ones are daily invented ; fo that it would be difficult, 

 not to fay impofliblo, to give a detail of them. \ye fnall 

 only fay, that there are three principal forts : the firft gra- 

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