140 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



the reign of Edward VI. Over the chim- 

 ney piece is a fragment of an antient mo* 

 nument to one Gryjfydd, with a long 

 fword carved upon it ; and on the ftair^ 

 cafe is another ftone, with the words ap 

 'Tudor, probably part of the tomb of the 

 founder Tudor ap Gronw ap Tudor. 



Bangor ferry, called by the Welfh Porth- 



aethwy, the ferry of the confined waters, 



is fituated about a mile from the town, on 



the eaftern bank of the Menai, the flraight 



that divides Anglefea from the other parts 



of Wales, and is certainly one of the moil 



charmingly retired places in the kingdom. 



Here is an Inn to which moft travellers 



refort, there not being one in the town of 



Bangor at all comfortable. The charges 



are very high, being much the fame as at 



moft of the inns upon the great roads near 



London 5 but the accommodations for this 



diftant part of the country are fo extremely 



