X CONTENTS. 



— ^rt Adventure of tivo Gentlemen at Llaniuchllyn. — Cajlell Cont'^ 

 dpchon. — Caer Gat. — The River D:e^ - Page 1 85 



CHAP. XXL 

 Bala to Shrewsbury. 



CafcaJe at Pont Cynwydd. — Rh'iwedog. — Trum y Sam. — The 

 Beravyn Mountains. — IJangynog. — Slate ^tarries. — Hazardout 

 Mode ef conveying Slates from the Mountain into the Vale. — Lead 

 Mines. — Llanrhaiadr. — The Cataratl of Piflyll Rhaiadr. — The 

 Vale ofLlangedivin. — Knockin. — Account of the fmgularDifcovcry 

 of a Murderer, — KynaflonU Cave in Kejdiff. — Montford Bridge. 

 — Shrewjbury, - • - - 202 



CHAP. XXII. 

 Shrewsbury. 



$hefwfbury Cajlle.-— Walls. — County Gaol. — Bridges. — Shrenvfhury 

 Abbey. — Ancient Oratory. — St. Gileses Church. — St. Alkmund's 

 Church. — Daring Feats on the Point of the Spire. — A Jtngular 

 traditional Story. — St. Mary's Chur.h. — Account of a Man killed 

 tnfliding down a Rope ^ from the Spire ^ to a Field, acrofs the River. 

 St. Julian's church.— Old St. Chad's.— New St Chad's.— The 

 ^arry. — Account of the Houfe of Induflry. — The Ruins of the 

 Three Friaries. — Public Buildings. — Hiflory of Shreivjhury. — 

 L'i/i of remarkable Events, - - - 213 



CHAP. XXIII. 



The Manners and Customs of the Welsh, 



Account of the Wel/h Manners in the Twelfth Century Mode of 



fighting,— DomejTtc Cuflonu and Drefs. — The Oncers belonging to 

 the Court in the Tenth Century. — The Officers of the Nobility, — 

 Various fwguJar Lazus and Cufloms of this Period. — State of So- 

 cicty in thefuhfquetit Centuries. — 7 he laws of the Chace. 2 he 

 Ancient Games. — Weljh and Engljfb Contefls after the Infurrefffon 



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