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licate materials, and may be prematurely broken by 
too frequent use. I have insensibly scribbled to 
the end of my paper, with a bare reservation for 
what may be necessary for assuring you, that I am, 
dear Sir, with much kindly regard, 
Your Friend and Servant, 
JOHN SYMMONS. 
Sir James’s first visit to Mr. Johnes was made 
in August 1795; and in a letter to Mr. Woodward 
he decribes his journey and reception at Hafod in 
these words : 
Dear Sir, 
I left Norwich last Monday se’nnight; and on the 
following Saturday went to Worcester,—continued 
my journey to Ludlow (32 miles) in the mail, by a 
very hilly and rough road. Observed Inula Hele- 
nium in moist places by the road side ; the country 
rich, and beautifully varied with woods and fields. 
Ludlow is on a hill, very pleasantly situated; the 
castle, where Comus was first acted, is in ruins. 
On Monday morning at five I set out ina day coach 
for Aberystwith (80 miles), too great an undertaking 
by far in such a country for one day. As we pro- 
ceeded, the country grew more hilly, but not craggy. 
"Tis like Westmoreland or the north of Yorkshire, 
but without lakes. We breakfasted at Bishop's 
Castle, a shabby town, built of stone as in the North 
of England. A little way past it we ascended a 
hill called the Bishop’s moat, from whence is one 
of the most extensive views I ever saw, it only 
