2 A TOUR ROUND I^ 7 ORTH WALES. 



a mile from Welfli Pool; and, for three 

 or four miles of the road, formed a ftrik- 

 ing obje6l of the fcene. 



The town of Welfli Pool is large and 

 populous, and the chief ftreets are pretty 

 uniform in their buildings. This place, 

 from its vicinity to England, has af- 

 fumed much more the appearance of an 

 Englifh, than a Welfh town; and the 

 manners of the inhabitants are fo com- 

 pletely Englifh, that the language of 

 their own country feems fcarcely known 

 here. Anairof opulence unufual in Wales 

 may beobferved throughout the whole of 

 the place, owing to the trade in Welfli 

 manufactures which is here carried on to 

 a great extent. It is chiefly reforted to 

 as the market for flannels, which are 

 manufactured in the higher countries 

 and fent from hence into England. The 

 market day is Monday, and the Drapers 

 of Shrewsbury attend regularly for the 



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