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thoufand tons were exported from hence to different 

 parts of the adjacent country. About a hundred 

 and fifty men are ufually employed here during the 

 fummer in burning the hme, and about fifty in 

 winter in breaking and raifing the flone. — The lead 

 and zinc obtained here, have of late years been 

 conveyed by the Stourport canal to Birmingham, 

 Macclesfield, and other places *. 



From the fummit of Llanymyncch hill I had an 

 extenfive view over the plains towards Shrewfbury 

 on the eafl ; and, en the other fide, of the rough 

 and uncultivatedparts of Montgomery fliire, in which 

 I either could, or fancied I could, difcerh the lofty 

 catarad called Fifty II Rhaiadr, lighted by the beams 

 of the morning fun, and glitteiirig like a ftream of 

 light down the black front of its rock. Below me 

 was the Virnwy, fweeping in elegant curves along 

 the meadows ; and towards the fouth of the Breiddin 

 hills, I had a view in Montgomeryfliire of a feries 

 of wooded and pleafant vales. 



Offa's Dyke. 



Under the weft fide of this hill runs the rampart 

 conftruiiited by Offa, king of Mercia, for the pui-pofe 

 of dividing his country from Wales, called Clawdd 

 Offa, Offa's Dyke. This commences from the river 

 Wye, near Brillol, and extends along Herefordfhire, 

 Radnorfliire, part of Shropfhire and Denbighlhire, 



* Cam. Reg. i. 271, 272. 



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