A TOUR HOUND NORTH WALES. 79? 



Flint, Caerwys, Rhyddln and Overtoil, 

 lend a Member to parliament.* 



The river Alun divides Caergwrle from 

 it's parifh of Hope, whofe church, a re- 

 fpeftable looking building, is dedicated 

 to St. Cynfar. 



In this parifh are foine extenfive lime 

 quarries, in which is frequently found a 

 fpecies of Foflil, rather uncommon, cal- 

 led Entrocbi; it's fliape is fomewhat 

 cylindrical, generally about an inch long, 

 and made up of a number of round joints. 



Churchyard^ has left us the following 

 lines on Caergwrle. 



L, Caergoorley comes, right now to pafTe my 'pen, 

 With ragged wau-lles yea all to rent and torne : 

 As though it had been never knowne to men, 

 Or careltfle left , s v> retched thing forlorn ; 

 Like beggar bare, as naked as my nail, 

 It lies along, whofe wreck doth none bewayle, 



When I left Caergwrle, I went not along 

 the ufual rpad to Mpld, but on one that 



* Pennant, I. 4^6. f Worthies of Wales, p, 122, 



runs 



