24 A TOUR ROUND NORtH WALES. 



gains, their Saxon neighbours, as they 

 denominate the Englifh. A Welfh gen- 

 tleman informed me, (and in many in- 

 ftances I have experienced it's truth) 

 that it is a common practice amongft 

 them, to afk nearly as much more for an 

 article, as they mean to take, and with 

 thofe who know them, it is always ufual 

 to offer them lefs. This is the cafe in 

 fome meafure, in our own country, but 

 certainly not fo frequently as in Wales. 

 The Welfii people have in general a 

 rtiltic baihfulnefs and referve, which 

 by ftrangers imufed to their manners,' 

 has been often miftaken for fullennefs. 

 They are generally faid to be very iraf- 

 cible. This may be fo, but I am inclined 

 to think, that the natural rapidity of 

 their expreflion, in a language not un- 

 derftood, has alone been frequently 

 con ft rued into pallion, when there has 

 been nothing of the kind. Perfons who 



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