Edward IT. for either the repairiiiji tlie l)oat, or 

 building a new one, for tlie use of which the in- 

 habitants were to pay eight marks.^ Both the 

 ferries were subsequently rented by the corpora- 

 tion. The ferry at A hereon wy laterly belonged to 

 the proprietor of the Marl estates, who was indem- 

 nified for the loss sustained by the erection of the 

 bridge. On Christmas day 1 806, owing to a heavy 

 swell in the river, the boat conveying the Irish 

 mail with eight passengers, the coach-man, guard, 

 and a boy, in all fifteen in number, including the 

 boat-men, was upset, and two only escaped with 

 their lives. 



The elegant bridge, which with the embankment 

 connects the opposite shores, is of great advantage 

 as well as convenience to the town and the neigh- 

 bouring country. It was built by the same contract- 

 ors that erected the Menai bridge : the supporting 

 pillars are made to correspond with the castle 

 towers, and each pillar consists of two towers of 

 solid masonry, with a gateway between. The 

 roadway is made of layers of plank, affixed by 

 \ ertical bars to two sets of suspending chains, each 



•^ Pennant's Tour in Wales, III. 12(>. 



