Panorama of the Beauties, Curiosities, and Antiquities of North Wales (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839. Excerpt: ... pense of making a good foot-path, both to the bottom and to the upper part of this cataract, by which the traveller is enabled with comfort to see it to the greatest advantage. I went about a mile further on the road, from whence I bad a walk, of near two miles, along a foot-path to the right, to the remaining waterfalls, which are within a few hundred yards of each other. From the side of an eminence about half a mile from these, I could observe the river Alawddach rolling down a steep, in a woody vale above, and its hoarse murmuring just reached my ear. Beyond it, at some distance, there was a rude arch, which crossed the glen, and from my station gave a pleasing and romantic cast to the scene. Descending now (but cautious lest too fast) A sudden steep upon a rustic bridge, We pass'd a gulph in which the hazels dip Their pendant boughs. This was a perfectly Alpine bridge over the river Cain, formed by the rude trunk of an oak, which hung frightfully over the black torrent that roared among the rocks many feet beneath. I had not passed this bridge far, before I found myself at the foot of Rhaiadr Mawddach, The Cataract of the Mawddach. The river here forces itself down a rock betwixt 50 and 60 feet in height, whose strata lying in parallel lines several degrees inclined from the horizon, give the scene a singularly crooked appearance. The stream is thrice broken in its descent, and the bason into which it is precipitated is very large. The rocks and trees form an amphitheatre around, and the foreground was finely broken by the large pieces of rock that had been once loosened from above. I had to cross the stream before I could see the upper part of the fall, which was hidden by the intervening rocks. In this station the scene appeared complete, and it wa...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839. Excerpt: ... pense of making a good foot-path, both to the bottom and to the upper part of this cataract, by which the traveller is enabled with comfort to see it to the greatest advantage. I went about a mile further on the road, from whence I bad a walk, of near two miles, along a foot-path to the right, to the remaining waterfalls, which are within a few hundred yards of each other. From the side of an eminence about half a mile from these, I could observe the river Alawddach rolling down a steep, in a woody vale above, and its hoarse murmuring just reached my ear. Beyond it, at some distance, there was a rude arch, which crossed the glen, and from my station gave a pleasing and romantic cast to the scene. Descending now (but cautious lest too fast) A sudden steep upon a rustic bridge, We pass'd a gulph in which the hazels dip Their pendant boughs. This was a perfectly Alpine bridge over the river Cain, formed by the rude trunk of an oak, which hung frightfully over the black torrent that roared among the rocks many feet beneath. I had not passed this bridge far, before I found myself at the foot of Rhaiadr Mawddach, The Cataract of the Mawddach. The river here forces itself down a rock betwixt 50 and 60 feet in height, whose strata lying in parallel lines several degrees inclined from the horizon, give the scene a singularly crooked appearance. The stream is thrice broken in its descent, and the bason into which it is precipitated is very large. The rocks and trees form an amphitheatre around, and the foreground was finely broken by the large pieces of rock that had been once loosened from above. I had to cross the stream before I could see the upper part of the fall, which was hidden by the intervening rocks. In this station the scene appeared complete, and it wa...

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General Books LLC

Country of origin

United States

Release date

February 2012

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First published

February 2012

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Dimensions

246 x 189 x 6mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

114

ISBN-13

978-1-150-00499-5

Barcode

9781150004995

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1-150-00499-1



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