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siderable torrent, said to be of the depth of forty feet. Most excellent salmon is here to be obtained, the product of the river.

This valley is entirely surrounded with mountains of immense height, at the pinnacle of one of which is castle Dinas Brane.

The approach to this fragment of antiquity is very tedious and difficult; and my companion experienced many severe falls in attempting to employ his pencil, to detail its appearance; which is too much decayed to be of consequence, either as an object of information, or picturesque beauty. The natives here scarcely understand a word of the English language: the children have, however, been instructed to beg; and "give me a penny" is to be heard from twenty little surrounding tongues at the same time.The