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jj'ar'y 1500 feet in extent, so perpendicular that it cannot 
approached without terror ; while to the north of the 
y**ruit nearest to the one the most elevated, a seinl-am- 
Wuiieatre of precipitous rocks, also of a great height, is 
)• and, behind this summit, another semicircle of equal 
^Pth ami extent. The loftiest summit here appears to 
^j^'scentl ill the form of a shaiqi ridge, and beneath it ano- 
appears, which, on account of its colour, is 
y the Black Rock. From the upper part of the 
Uey one of , these summits presents a grand, vertical, and 
^ elevated point. 
tti' bottom of each of the amphitheatres of rocks, 
in number, is occupied by a small lake of a circu- 
torm, and very deep. The one known by the name of 
Glass is remarkable for its green hue, derived from its 
its'^i^ 'tttpregnated with copper, several mines of which line 
bg Than this mountain nothing in the Alps can 
ate tind desert, those regions alone excepted which 
lofty to admit of vegetation. Here there is not a 
«hee’ ® shrub : small patches of verdure, which 
Qj. .P can scarcely reach, are alone to be seen. Its summit, 
cn[j^l!^“ost peak, is a flat of about eighteen feet only in cir- 
o{ o '^‘once. Tlience may be seen a part of Ireland, a part 
\V'ji'^°oand, Cumberland, Lancashire, Cheshire, all North 
iotj '^be Isle of Man, and the Irish and British seas, with 
d;sj)]'''^’'^ble lakes ; while the whole island of Anglesea is 
so distinctly, that its flat and uncultivated plains^ 
Ilyl I ““ by the rich Parys mountain in the vicinity of 
^ oad, may be descried as on a map. 
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CADKR IDRI.S. 
*^bject of Dolgellau, Cader Idris towers above the 
ttio which seem to retire, to allow its 
bettgf jp® j'oom to stand, and to afford to their sovereign a 
gtadugm^ It stands on a broad rocky base, wifli a 
^Ives iti ’’^^'^’*^10 its brow, when the peaks elevate them- 
V abrupt, picturesque, and distinct, 
to b f^h'^^^'oally named Cader, appears to the eye 
poinr*^ ^ superior in height to the saddle ; but the 
*^®riliiy ■ ’ ttpex, which has a name expressive of its 
* *s neither equal in height, nor in beauty, to tlie 
