A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 269 



In the morning I proceeded towards 

 Holyhead,* diftant about thirteen miles. 

 This place, betides Holyhead, is called Caer 

 Gybi, the fort of Gybi, from it's having 

 been the relidence of Gybi, fon of Solo- 

 mon, Duke of Cornwall, and pupil of Hi- 

 larius, Bifhop of Poitiers. Being confe^ 

 crated a bimop for his diftinguifhed zeal 

 againft the Arians, he fettled here about 

 the year 380, where he is faid to have 

 founded a fmall monaftry.-|- 



This town is fituated in an ifland at the 

 extreme point of Anglefea, but the dividing 

 channel, except when the tide is in, is ge- 

 nerally paflable without boats. It has 

 lately been rendered more populous from 

 it's having been, for fome years paft, the 

 place of chief refort for paflengers to and 



* So called, fays Holinflied, from the number of 

 holy men that were interred there. See his Chro- 

 nicle. 



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