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and hospitality: the reply was, ¢ That man 
is not so poor as you imagine.’ In my se- 
cond day’s march from Mallwyd to Welsh 
Pool, a man darted outofahouse, as if watch- 
ing for me, with a * How far ate you going?” 
«To Canoflice.—* So am I.’ halted to 
observe a mill which I thought curious: he 
attended me as close as my shirt. He ap- 
yeared rather shabby, notvery active, but very 
inguisitive, without a wish to appear so; 
had travelled, been on board a ship, was a 
taylor, and was going to Llanvair to yisit a 
son. 
*« You carry your coat upside down, you 
will lose the gold.’—* There is none to lose.’ 
« If there is none in those pockets, there ts 
in others.” We stopped at Canoflice, and as 
I could make but a poor reckoning, I treated 
hin. 
«The weather being hot, we agreed to 
repose in the shade. ‘ Are your buckles 
silver ??—* Yes.’ We were. reclined upon a 
bank, I facing him, unbattoned, with my 
éyes closed, all in silence and abstracted 
from the world. 
“« Opening my eyes, I saw with astonish- 
ment a large open clasp knife in his hand. 
«What do you do with that knife? with 
some emotion. Cut bread and cheese.’-— 
« Why you have none to cut.’ 
BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY AND ANTIQUITIES. 
‘disappoint him. 
«© We marched on; I treated him coldly $° 
he saw my suspicion. I was under no fear: 
while my eyes were open, and he not at my. 
heels, for 1 could overcome two such, though — 
no fighter. Determined to quit my compa- 
nion, I outwalked him, which seemed to 
Stopping at Llanvair to” 
bait, he hunted me out, entered the same 
room where I sat alone, and drew his knife. 
«Pray why do you draw that knife? «I | 
always carry it to cut bread and cheese?’ 
« That must be a mistake, for you had none 
to cut either then or now; nor did you use. — 
it for any other purpose. Besides, if you 
comet to this town to visit your som, there. 
can be noneed to enter a public house.’ He 
closed the knife, and was silent. I paid my 
shot, walked on to Welch Pool, and saw — 
him no more. I have only stated facts, that 
another may judge; but to this moment | 
am at a loss to guess whether my suspicions 
were just.” 
This specimen, we presume, will am- — 
ply satisfy the reader: but if he wishes 
for a few more stories of the same spe- 
cies, we must take the liberty of refer- 
ring him to the work. 
Art. XVII. A new Pocket Atlas and Geography of England and Wales, illustratea with ~ 
Sifly-firve Copper-plates, shewing all the great Post Roads, with the Towns and Villages — 
situated thereon; also, a Description of the Air, Soil, Productions, and Manufactures, as— 
well as the Number of Hundreds, Cities, Boroughs, Market-towns, Parishes, Houses, and — 
HAD tthis little assuming volume 
been executed with any degree of care, 
judgment or ability, it would have form- 
ed an useful epitome. It is particularly 
addressed to young persons ; and were 
its execution equal to the author’s pro- 
mises and professions in the preface, we 
should gladly recommend it to public 
patronage. But the brief notices of each 
county are disgraced by vulgar and long 
exploded errors, which a very superficial 
knowledge of the subject would eflectu- 
ally have prevented. 
«s A knowledge of the geography of our 
own country,” says the publisier, ‘* must be 
Art. XVII. Tegg and Castleman's new Picture of London for 1803-4; or, a Guide ta 
this immense Metropolis, on a Plan hitherto unattempted: containing comprehensive Descrip= 
tions of the Public Edijices, Collections of Curiosities, and Places of Entertainment; inter 
spersed with diverting, authentic, and valuable Anecdotes, many’ of which are historical, 
and record Events which have happened several hundred Years age. 
RarT. 1Smo. pps 230. 
~ 
Arr. XIX. A View of London; or, the Stranger’s Guide through the British Me 
2. polis: coufaining aw Account of its Curtosities, Amusements, Commerce, Public Build.ng 
~ 
12mo. pp. 52. 
obvious to every one. 
part of juvenile education, I have been in- fF 
duced to offer to the public the following — 
sheets, elucidated by maps, that will at once i 
make the public acquainted, not only with j 
the form and situation, but with every parti-— 
cular relative to each county. Every effort 
has been made to unite elegance with uéility, 
and to render this work equally acceptable to 
the éraveller and student. iB 
«« Joun Lurrman,” 
That man must be insensible of shame, — 
and careless of contempt, who could se<— 
riously affix his name to such audacious — 
falsehood. i 
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By H. J. San 
