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You will perceive, my dear friend, that I have not entered into minute and particular defcriptions-I have neither given you a detail of fieges, nor presented you with a genealogy-half a mile long-I have not described a feast, nor filled up my pages with inscriptions from old tomb stones; but if you wish to derive information on these heads, I refer you to the pompous descriptions of Young, and to the diffuse and voluminous work of Pennant. The world is doubtlefs indebted to the latter for his excellent history of Wales, but it is ftill a history, and has too much of the detail in it to afford me any gratification in the perusal.

I have studiously avoided dwelling upon any thing which bore an analogy, or refemblance to works of art, or unproductive ambition. To fearch out nature in all

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her various forms, has conftituted my chief delight; and to find her in her wildest attitudes, has proved to me the highest fource of gratification and enjoyment.

I hope, and fully expect to fee you very foon at Cambridge. My beft wishes attend you, and believe me to be, with the utmost fincerity,

Your affectionate Friend,

I. H.

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APPENDIX.

IT may not be unacceptable to fome

of my readers, to lay before them a few general obfervations with refpect to this country.

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The market towns in Caernarvonshire, are Carnarvon, Aberconway, Krekith, Pulhely, and Nevin. It has befides one city, Bangor.

In Denbighshire, are Denbigh, Ruthin, Wrexham, and Llanrost.

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In Flintshire, Holywell, and Caerwis, with one city, St. Afaph, Flint has no market, but sends one member to Parlia ment.

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In Merionetkshire, are Harleigh, Dolgelle, Dinafmouthy, and Bala.

Montgomeryshire contains Montgomery, Llanvilling, Welshpool, Newtown, Machynleth, and Llanydlos.

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The population of North and South Wales, are together estimated at about three hundred thousand fouls, fo that it will appear there are not upon the average, quite forty-three inhabitants to each fquare mile. I regret much that I have not been able to learn the exact proportion of population between North and South Wales; there is, however, no doubt that the latter has by much the largest fhare. The Isle of Anglefea contains fifteen thousand inhabitants, and has rather better than eighty three to each fquare mile; but it is the most populous

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