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Wild Wales

CHAPTER XXIII
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At the conclusion of the hymn, another of the three men by the altar began to pray, just in the same manner as his comrade had done, and seemingly using much the same words.

When he had done, there was another hymn, after which, seeing that the congregation was about to break up, I bowed my head towards the interior of the building, and departed.
Emerging from the hollow way, I found myself on a moor, over which the road lay in the direction of the north.

Towards the west, at an immense distance, rose a range of stupendous hills, which I subsequently learned were those of Snowdon--about ten minutes' walking brought me to Cerrig y Drudion, a small village near a rocky elevation, from which, no doubt, the place takes its name, which interpreted, is the Rock of Heroes..


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