M E R 



The 



e and lead. Ca- 

 \as, inter- 

 rpbyry, 



lartx i argillaceous por- 

 in mas* There are no 

 of Bala abound* 

 legwy- 



lUen.td. It is remark. 

 te flesh, v. 



climate 



the same time 

 ,rly unfavourable to 

 f die valley* i* fruitful, 



are- Urge quarries of slat** in i 

 only metal* 



der Idii* oonsiat* of silica* 

 ected 



also intersected by vein*- 

 .,.,., arul 



, i 



in a variety ol His 

 niad are the rare* 



those in the lake 

 of this t 

 moist, an : 



bulLngeii' - ry sterile. 



Mirface, the mountain* 



and lakes . U* remain* to be said of 



this county, for it* agriculture cannot be a matter of 



any importance, < fleet on the- nature of its 



-urfaee, and climate, all of whkh are unrnen 



-illey* poUtoe*. barley, and oats are 



. /.ed on a small scale, aad in in inferior manner ; 



theae valley* are good; and the leea lofty 



. on th sea-coast. nar the month of the 



..in-'h CBlemive aad excellent sheep-walks. 



la other i*rt* of the county, becediag ami thsj dairy 



are attended to with some ipir.i ar.d euecei*. Though 



ooded. especially when 



.red with the adjoining county of Caernarvon- 

 shire, yet fooi account of Leland, it ap- 

 pears to have beoi much more thick!) covcre 



t T. Then arc on* or two large trees in it, which 

 deserve notice. In the church-yard of V 



lurkabte vrw tree : the girth of th tnrnk, a yard 

 high, U '. i f.-it aud a 1 



jsnfctsanw of aboii- 



. :-4r HarU-fh. cl.j.int ih the harp 



e* in celebration of an oak tree, the tmssk 



of : .n leoglb, and S3 in circumference, 



measured (iO9 cubic feet. From tl, divid- 



vtral branch**, 3 of which extended to the 



length oi *d* of this) connty have 



been mnoh improve 1 within these few years. From 



theacci 



t:. ;>..- ' 



*55 M E R 



Annual value of real property 

 Money raised !>y parochial rates 

 Honey expended lor the poor 

 Money in retno-. alt, suits of law, iVc 



militia purpose* 

 Chnrch rate, county rate, &c. 

 Total expenditure 



Persons relieved out of workhouses 

 Pt-rsona relieved in ditto 

 Occasionally in and out of ditto 

 Member 9 of Friendly Societies 



50 



1713 

 11 



none 

 366 



Merioneth- 

 shire. 



Poor raits. 



Annual amount of charitable donations for 



h schools . . > 



. for other purpose* . 221 18 



In the year 1S03, the parochial rate* nmonnted to 

 the sum <v -o that in 1815, there had been an 



i:-.i-n- ! <! H' irlj ! 1 r i . i .'. 



The following are the result* of the last popnlation 

 return: in the \ \r 1700, 43,800 inliabitnnt- 



30,900 i in ISO I.3O.5OO, a decrease; and in 1811, 

 >>m this it appear* that tl.. 



trreater than t ( 



ceeded tl one baj 



bitanl* ; one burial to iri, and one marriage to I'.y. 



Hi-. - 



I 



WM 808 snilet) 8 forwng*; and the 

 . S9* Httle* 1 fur. 

 >te I value of labour expended on their 

 repair* .. i eomnosition me. ey, t H<) ; the 



iv ratM, i i .v i ; ami the monry expended in law, 

 e a total of . IO for the ma rtu nance of 



ng of street* and highway*, 

 ionctbshtre i relctwatri for it* woollen mirm- 

 f*cturcs ; Urong doth is made principally rmr DoU 

 gelly. AlmoU every little fanner nwke* web* ; nd 

 nw cottage* are without a loom. The i -rally 



old on toe spot, though some ia still sent to Shrew*, 

 bury : a great deal i* exported through Liverpool and 

 I..,ri.'...n t , H , . . i. ' . fintiy. a-.'l Am. ru -. . tl:- rut 

 i* used at home. Stocking*, wig*, sock*, and glove*. 

 are made in the town and neighnourhood of fiala; they 

 are generally purchased by chapmen, who tell them in 



the adjoiaing English coontiea. 



retain* one member to Parfiament ; i* 

 partly in the dioceae of Bangor, and partly in that of 



pb, and in the province of ' -y. The the deter n l>y t! c who have seen the 'mermaid, 



following are the revilis of the retnms to Parliament or merman of modern time*, are such that they can. 



. 

 in agriculture 



Total 30,92* 



See I)avies' :H Watei ; 



, ... ! Nicholson 1 * 



<:,;',,, />,,..:,.> c, . te. (. ..) 



! : ..--MS. a marine animal, the up- 

 per part* of which are (upposcd to resemble those of 



' lower the tail of a fi-h. 



i as it is understood to be, ha* 



never uler the observation of any intelligent 



re fore given birth to many contro- 



propose* toiiistitutea genus 



, be comprehended with 



taesv characteristic*, SIRFX, Denies I'irnie dun 



lantum in toto COrnore. Camla [nuncio n*Va. C'aput, 

 rot/urn ft tfctnt ad i.n'.i.'i. wm u </>, Immunam tpcrirm 

 kakfttl. But at the same time, he says, " I wish that 

 some skilful ichthyologist would examine this animal, 

 to ascertain whether it be imaginary, or a real fish ; it 

 is better to refrain ' . than to give them 



precipitately." litbltothtco /cA/ivo/qgso*. Others have 

 shown tea* reserve, and liave declared positively that 

 the mermaid i* an animal tul gaunt, narrowly retem. 

 bKng the human spc 



Tnc ancient* descr . Triton*, and Nereid*, 



a* inhabitants of the water* ; and it ha* been general. 

 lybelir\l t>y ~s of ail maritime countries, 



that Mich beings actually exiat ; Imt the discrepancies in 



respectin 



i > ; j. 



.g iu poor far ikfjmt mimtg mmtibof April, not 



refer to the ame animal. Some affirm it is 

 ; Others call it hairy ; and, according to a third 



