2O2 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



extemporaneous effuftons of genius, all 

 the other Weftern nations. 



In the evening, the ftrangers being 

 all afiembled, an entertainment was pro- 

 vided for them, according to their num- 

 ber and rank, and according to the abi~ 

 lity of the hoft. The kitchen was not 

 loaded with much profufion, nor with de- 

 licacies, or with incentives to gluttony; 

 nor had they tables, table-linen, or nap- 

 kins: nature was always ftudied more 

 than fplendor. 



The guefts were placed by threes at 

 fupper, and the difhes were placed on 

 green and frefh rufhes. They had alfo 

 thin and broad cakes of bread, that were 

 always baked the fame day, 



At the fame time that the whole fa- 

 mily, with a kind of emulation in their 

 civilities, were waiting on the guefts, 

 the hofl and hoflefs in particular always 

 remained {landing, that they might 



overlook 



