A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



From this time the bardic meetings 

 feem to have again dwindled almoft to 

 nothing: A fociety in London called 

 the Gzvy?ieddigion, or North Wales men, 

 have in thefe late years endeavoured 

 once more to raife them from oblivion, 

 by convening annual meetings in fome 

 village or town, in North Wales^ giving 

 fubjecls for candidates to write upon^ 

 and honorary medals to fuch as are fuo 

 cefsful. One of the fiiit of thefe meet- 

 ings was held about eight years ago, at 

 Corwen, in Merionethfhire ; and an 

 Eifteddfod was afiembled at Caerwys, 

 on the s^th. of May, 1798. This meet- 

 ing was well attended. The number 

 of Bards was twenty, of vocal per- 

 formers eighteen, and of harpers 

 twelve. 



From the earlieft times the Bards 

 were the Britifh hiftorians; in their 



trien- 



