$66 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



THE ANCIENT 



WALES was originally divided into many 

 royalties, or lordfhips, which, though they of- 

 ten vary in number, were all of them in gene- 

 ral fubjett to a degree, during fome periods at 

 leaft, to one or the other of the three princi- 

 palities of Gwynedd, Powys, and Dehcubarth $ 

 or North Wales, Powys, and South Wales. 



The greateft diftrift of a determinate ex- 

 tent was the cantref, which was in moft re- 

 fpecls analogous to the Englim hundred. This 

 was in general divided into two civmvod, each 

 of which confifted of fifty tref, or townfhips. 



The meafure of length confifted of the fol- 

 lowing gradations. 



Three Barleycorns, 1 Inch. 



Three Inches,. ... 1 Palm. 



Three Palms, .... 1 Foot. 



Three Feet, ....'. 1 Pace or Stride, 



Three Paces, .... 1 Leap. 



Three Leaps, .... 1 Ridge or Land. 



AThoufand Lands, 1 Mile. 



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