SNOWDON EANGE OF MOUNTAINS. 223 
MENAI BASIN. 
Having pointed out, in the sketch just given of the 
Conway basin, those external appearances, objects and 
productions, which cannot fail to attract the attention of 
the traveller as he attentively surveys this delightful vale, 
we shall now pass into the basin of the Menai, where we 
shall find a more extensive field of observation. 
That we may have at one glance a clear general idea of 
the extent, boundaries, and external appearance, of this 
district, it will be necessary to ascend Penmaen Maur, 
which rises to the height of nearly 1400 feet above the 
level of the sea. 
In looking from this point to the south-west, we shall 
have before us, on the left hand, the whole chain of the 
Snowdon mountains, ranging in that direction nearly forty 
miles; and, on the right, appears the whole island of 
Anglesea, which, except at north-west, is comparatively 
flat, or broken into slight elevations. In that quarter, and 
in part of the east, a steep rocky mountainous shore, 
though by no means to be compared in height to the 
Snowdon chain, rises to protect this portion of the island 
from the violence of the winds which blow in that direc- 
tion. 
As we found, in examining the basin of the Conway, 
that it was less perplexing to examine regularly one side of 
the basin before passing to the other, we propose following 
the same method with that into which we have now en- 
tered, — and accordingly begin our remarks with the Car- 
narvon side. 
In casting the eye along the Snowdon range, we shall 
observe several lofty summits, the highest of which is the 
