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half the way, fometimes approaching clofc 

 to the road, and at others, hidden by inter- 

 vening trees and hedges. Juft before I 

 entered tHe town, I was furprized by the 

 road leading me along a hill, which was 

 elevated fo much above it, as to give me a 

 complete bird's-eye-view into almoft every 

 ftreet. 



Montgomery appeared, from it's neat 

 houfes, to be inhabited chiefly by perfons 

 of fmall fortune, who had come here to 

 lead a life of retirement ; and it is well 

 calculated for this purpofe. It is clean, 

 and well built; and feems capable of af- 

 fording all the comforts and conveniencies 

 of life, without any of the buftle and noife 

 of a large town. The adjacent country is 

 decorated with lively and luxuriant fcenery, 

 which indicates population and fertility. 

 Lord Lyttleton has remarked, that when 

 he travelled through Wales, in the year 



1756, 



