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fecured to himfelf and his pofterity the do- 

 minion of North Wales. The hall is ftill 

 pretty entire, and rivals that of Conway, ex- 

 cept that the roof doth not appear to have 

 been arched. 



The towers are all in a ruinous ftate; I 

 think it a pity and fhame to the owner, that 

 more care is not taken, to preferve fuch re- 

 fpe&able remains of antiquity. When we left 

 the vale of Clwydd, we went into a barren 

 and mountainous country, which continued 

 from Rythin as far as Wrexham. 



The church of the latter is called one of the 

 wonders of Wales; it does indeed equal, if . 

 not exceed, any in England. I have not de- 

 fcribed to you the cathedral of Bangor, or Sti 

 Afaph; the firft I did not fee, and I was told 

 it was not worth feeing; the latter hath no- 

 thing in it to deferve defcription: neverthelefs, 

 I fhould be glad to fee the Dean of E - 

 well feated in either of them, or rather at 

 St. Afaph. From Wrexham we went to Wyn* 

 flay, the feat of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. 

 Part of the houfe is old; but he had begun 

 building a new one before his death, in a very 

 good tafte. One wing is finifhed, and that 

 alone makes a very agreeable houfe. The view 

 from it is the moft cheerful I ever beheld; it 

 (lands in the middle of a very pretty park, and 

 E e 2 looks 



