481 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



them built with laths and mud, filling up 

 the intermediate fpaces of a timber frame. 



Thefe are in general very irregular, and 

 I found as great a fcarcity of good houfes 

 in this place as in any I ever was in, of it's 

 fize and confequence. The town-houfe is 

 conftrudted in a manner fomething fimilar 

 to the others, and is, upon the whole, a 

 moft ill-looking building. 



The width of the flreets in this place, 

 fingular to fay) is a great defect, for the 

 inhabitants throughout the town, taking 

 the advantage of it, throw all their dirt 

 and manure in great heaps before their 

 doors ; and thefe are in general fo large, 

 that in a hot day the exhalation of noxious 

 vapours from them, muft be a great nui- 

 fance to any perfon accuftomed to clean- 

 linefs. 



The town is built in the form of a crofs, 

 having the market houfe nearly in the 

 centre. Here is carried on a confiderable 



trade 



