A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



thither. The furniture of moft of the 

 rooms is in the antient ftile of elegance, 

 and in fome of them the old and faded 

 tapeftry is yet left. In a detached build- 

 ing of more modern date than the caftle, 

 which was feparated from it by fire, 

 about fifty years ago, are feveral paint- 

 ings, but a few of the collection that had 

 been fent hither from England by Lord 

 Clive, took my attention the moft. In 

 the main building is a fmall collection of 

 antiques, fome of which are fuppofed to 

 be valuable. 



The gardens, which have been laid 

 out in the wretched French tafte with 

 parallel terraces, fquared flopes, and wa- 

 ter-works, were entirely out of repair 

 from the owner's fo feldom vifiting this 

 country. The profpets from hence are 

 extenfive, for the fituation commands 

 all the beautiful and fpacious country on 

 the eaft, interfered by the Severn and 



the 



