4< A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES, 



and vale of Ceiriog, by a long aque- 

 du6t, part of which was finifhed when I 

 was here. Within a very little di fiance 

 of the aqueduct, the canal will have to 

 pafs thro' a Tunnel, of very confidera- 

 hie length, thefe inconveniences of hill 

 and vale, mud render the forming of 

 canals, through a mountainous country 

 like this, moft expenfive undertakings. 



In the church at Chirk, are feveral 

 marble monuments, belonging to the 

 Middletons, of Chirk Cattle, but none 

 of them well executed ; the befl is one 

 in memory of Sir Thomas Middleton, 

 who was one of the commanders in the 

 Parliament's Army, during the late civil 

 wars. 



In the year 1709, that well known 

 charadter Dr. Sacheverel, whofe hiftory 

 affords a moft ilriking inftance of the 

 folly and madnefs of party, exalting an 

 obfcure individual, pofieffed but of mo- 

 derate 



