Wanderings and excursions in North Wales . e masses of rock strewed the foreground ;* the greenmeadow overhung by lofty mountains ; the bright river meanderingtowards the sea; the waters of the lakes rushing down the steepinto their black and caverned bed, with the distant prospect, and * In 1685, part of a rock, forming one of the impending cliffs, became so Underminedby wind and rain, that, losing its hold, it fell in several immense masses, and, in itspaissage down a steep and craggy cliff, dislodged some thousands of other stones. Themain fragment continued its motion through a small meado
Wanderings and excursions in North Wales . e masses of rock strewed the foreground ;* the greenmeadow overhung by lofty mountains ; the bright river meanderingtowards the sea; the waters of the lakes rushing down the steepinto their black and caverned bed, with the distant prospect, and * In 1685, part of a rock, forming one of the impending cliffs, became so Underminedby wind and rain, that, losing its hold, it fell in several immense masses, and, in itspaissage down a steep and craggy cliff, dislodged some thousands of other stones. Themain fragment continued its motion through a small meadow, and rested on the fartherside of the river Ogvven. In the winter of 1831, another part of the rock gave way, whenupwards of one thousand tons fell from near the summit of Benglog, a little below theOgwen cataracts; part rolling straight across the road fell into the valley and river in thebottom; while another part, having acquired a less momentum, rested on the road. Onehundred labourers were engaged to clear the surface.— % © I P3 i-Bi-i. la WANDERINGS THROUGH NORTH WALES. 1 f).) the gloomy horrors of the mountains far around me,—spite of thegenius of improvement, and the triumphs of science on every side,—left upon the mind an indelible impression of this wild regionof the British Alps. Agreeably contrasting with its more savage features, I observedthe elegant mansion of Ogwen 13ank, surrounded with beautifulplantations, near the rudest site of all this romantic valley. But,however bleak in external character, commerce, within late years,has in reality transformed these mountain-wastes into sources ofindustry, civilisation, and public prosperity. Under the auspices ofthe Penrhyn family, and their intelligent and nobleminded successor,Mr. Pennant, taking advantage of every new discovery, the vastproperty on which I now set foot had been nearly doubled in value;and I found the surrounding population, who were formerly steepedin penury and ignorance to the
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