A TOUR 'ROUND NORTH WALES. 305 



ous mutations of people, tongues, and 

 nations in other parts of the world, the 

 inhabitants of this part of Great Britain 

 have been difleized, or fo oufted of the 

 premier poffeflion of it, as that any other 

 people or nation took up their place, and 

 kept themfelves pofTefled of it. 



The Irifh once indeed drove the in- 

 habitants out of the I fie of Anglefea, 

 the feat of learning ; but they were them- 

 felves, very fhortly afterwards, expelled, 

 and their leader killed. The Romans, 

 Saxons, Danes and Normans, fought to 

 obtain the fubmiffion of the inhabitants, 

 and had it ; but they never fucceeded in 

 endeavouring to force their languages 

 upon them. 



Now thefe things being confidered, 

 it is abfurd to imagine that the people 

 ihould, without any appearance of rea- 

 fon for it, universally forfake .and aban- 

 don their native language. Yet though 

 ?&i- .. 



VOL. ii. Y it 



