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Montgomery to Welsh Pool, 



tfej/b Pool — Church.— Fowls Cqftle.—Hyiory of Fowls Csfih, 

 and Account of Fowl/land. 



Leaving Montgomery, I went over a rich cham- 

 paign country, about ten miles, to Welfh PooL 

 I pafled on the left Powis caftle, fituated on the 

 narrow ridge of a rock, about a mile from Pool. 

 For three or four miles of the road this building is 

 a ftriking objed in the fcene. 



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Welsh Pool 



Is a large and populous place, and from its vicinity 

 to England, it has aflumed much the appearance of 

 an Englifh town. The houfes are in general well 

 built, and principally of brick. There is one long 

 and handfome ftreet, in which (lands the county 

 hall, an elegant ftrudure, ereded by fubfcription a 

 few years ago. The manners of the inhabitants of 

 this town are fo completely Englifh, that even the 

 language of the country feems fcarcely known here. 

 An air of opulence unufual in Wales may be ob- 

 ferved throughout the place, owing to the trade 



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