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tient towns, are very narrow and confined. 

 On the outfide of the walls is a broad and 

 pleafant terrace walk along the fide of the 

 Menai, extending from the quay to the 

 north end of the town walls, which feemed 

 to be the fafhionable promenade in the fine 

 evenings for all defcriptions of people. The 

 Court-houfe, in which the aflizes are held, 

 and all the county bufinefs is done, ftands 

 nearly oppofite to the caftle gates, and is 

 within a neat little place. The Cuftom- 

 houfe, a fmall infignificant building, is on. 

 the outfide of the walls, and not far from 

 the quay. 



From the top of the rock, behind the 

 hotel, I had an excellent bird's-eye view of 

 the town. From hence the caflle, and the 

 whole of the town walls, may be feen to 

 the greateft advantage ; and on a fine day, 

 the lile of Anglefea, with Holyhead and 

 Pary's Mountains, appear fpread out like a 

 map beneath the eye. Sometimes even the 

 L 2 far 



