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that it was at * . . . Cliiircli, within a niile of 

 Bangor, whither I was going. I Avent to the 

 Church, the guide grumhling. I saw the Tomh 

 with his Statue kneeling (in marble). It began 

 thus (Hospes lege et relege quod in hoc obscuro 

 sacello non expectares. Hie jacet omnium 

 Praesulum celeberrimus). I came to Bangor and 

 crossed the Perry, a mile from it, where there 

 is an Inn, which, if it be well kept, will break 

 Bangor. There I lay ; it was 22 miles from 

 Holyhead." 



This was the " George " at Menai Straits, a 

 house that until the building of Telford's suspen- 

 sion bridge in 1825, flourished greatly on the 

 traffic of tlie ferry that theu j^lied between it and 

 the oj^posite shore. Large additions have been 

 made to the hotel, but the original Aving that 

 Swift knew is still in existence, and is a character- 

 istic specimen of the architecture in vogue about 

 the time of Queen Anne. 



Swift unfortunately tells us nothing of the 

 actual crossing of the Straits. He must have 

 l)een up at an unconscionable hour, for he was 

 already on the Anglesey side by four o'clock the 

 next morning, Sunday : "I was on horseback at 

 ^i in the morning resolving to be at Church at 

 Holyhead, but we then lost Owain Tudor's tomb at 

 Penmarry." This was Pelimynydd, a very steep 

 and craggy place, whence came those Tndors who 

 through the fortunate marriage of Owain Tudor 

 came at last to the throne of England. 

 * It was Llandegai. 



