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IrrjjtfflUgk €mbxm\i. NEW SERIES, No. II.—APRIL, 1850. CASTRA CLWYDIANA. No. I. MOEL FENLLI. There are few valleys in England or Wales more extensive or more luxuriant than that to which the river Clwyd gives a name. Spreading from the north¬ western shore of Flintshire in a southernly direction into Denbighshire for about twenty-five miles in length, richly wooded, and plentifully rewarding the toil of the husbandman, it may perhaps be regarded as the garden of the counties in which it lies. The waters of the Clwyd wind along the midst of it, receiving tribute from various mountain streams, and, uniting in their course with the Clwydoc, Astrad, and Elwy, find their way into the sea at Y Forryd, on its northern extremity. On the east, the vale is bounded by a chain of mountains— the natural barriers of this part of Wales, running north and south—the summits of which command a very extensive view on the one side into Lancashire and Cheshire, and on the other of the interior alpine country of Caernarvonshire and Merionethshire. Agriculture, with infant steps, has climbed high upon their sweeping sides, and upon them smile the cheerful homestead, and quiet cottage, beneath its shady clump of stunted trees, ARCH. CAMB., NEW SERIES, VOL. I. M