A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. rfe 



c< found, which by the profane has been 

 " compared to a ftone-cutter's faw. The 

 " conclufion, which I am almoft afhamed 

 " to defcribe, has more the appearance of 

 ce heathen orgies, than of the rational fer- 

 " vour of chriftian devotion. The phren- 

 " fy fpreads among the multitude 5 for in 

 " fact a kind of religious phrenfy appears 

 '* to feize them. To any obfervations made 

 " to them they feem infenfible. Men and 

 " women indifcriminately, cry and laugh, 

 " jump and iing, with the wildefl extrava- 

 " gance. That their drefs becomes deranged 

 " or the hair dime vel*d, is no longer an object 

 " of attention. And their raptures continue, 

 " till, fpent with fatigue of mind and body, 

 " the women are frequently carried out in 

 *' a ftate of apparent infenfibility. Inthefe 

 " fcenes indeed the youthful part of the 

 " congregation are principally concerned ; 

 *' the more elderly generally contenting 

 N 2 " themfelves 



