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that is now taken off, and therefore great addi- 

 tional quantities are raised for agricultural or 

 other purposes. I hope this will benefit the 

 workmen, who seem to be very poor, for their 

 cottages are very wretched ; each of them, how- 

 ever, is surrounded by a nice little garden ; and 

 my aunt made me observe, that the thrift, or sea- 

 pink, flourishes there, as well as where it grow s 

 naturally in the salt atmosphere near the sea- 

 shore. 



I can write no more now. We continue here 

 to-morrow, I believe ; and the next day we shall 

 go on to Llangollen. 



Penrhyn Arms, Bangor. 



2Qth. Our whole journey through Wales has 

 enchanted me; the mountains, rocky streams, 

 and wooded banks, have more than realized all I 

 had heard and read of its wild and impressive 

 scenery. 



My uncle took us to see the celebrated aque- 

 duct of Pontcysylte, near Llangollen, which con- 

 ducts the Ellesmere canal across the valley of the 

 river Dee, at a great height from the bottom ; and 

 therefore saves the immense expense and loss of 

 time that would have been occasioned by a series 

 of locks on each side of the valley. It is one 

 thousand feet long, and supported on twenty 

 stone piers, which rise to one hundred and 

 thirty feet above the bed of the river ; and he 



