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make them more proud by fuffering them 
to learn Englifh. The native Welfhmen 
are very fond of their own language, and 
feem to lament the too general intro- 
duStion of that of England. There are 
both Englifh and Welih fchools in mott 
parts of Wales; and the clergy preach 
in both languages. A Welfhman is 
eafily diftinguifhed by his local expret- 
fions, when he ought to fay /e, he com- 
monly fays fur ; he alfo fubititutes fim 
for it, &c. 
November 20, went from Ellefmere to 
Wrexham, in Denbighthire, North Wales, 
12 miles—A pretty level country, and 
good road ; the foil rather ftrong, and 
produces tolerable crops of grafs and 
corn. A great deal of wocd grows in 
the hedges, principally oak. ‘This dif- 
trict is pleafant, and particularly near 
the river Dee, which the road crofies. 
That river here, by its rapid motion, 
refembles moft of thofe in Cumberland 
and Weftmoreland; its banks, in this 
part, are high and woody, and the vale 
below, level and’ remarkably fertile. 
Wrexham is a little market town, not 
unpleafantly fituated : the lead mines~ nd 
ijron-works in the neighbourhood be- 
longing to Mr. Wilkinfon and Co, em. 
ploy many of the inhabitants. J*arms 
are worth from 20]. to 300l. a year, and 
rent of land about 25s. per acre on an 
average. Here I found mylelf much 
obliged to the kindnefs and attention of 
Mr. Wilkinfon above mentioned. 
November 22. Wrexham to Chefter, 
114 miles. The country quite flat, raad 
good, fields fmall, and divided by pretty 
growing hedges; the foil various, but 
generally fertile, and much of the land 
in grafs. Chefter appears from this road 
at 8 miles diftance, in the middle of an 
extenfive plain. The fite of the city is 
rather higher than the adjacent country ; 
it is well built, and kept clean; the 
fireets are generally airy and {pacious. 
The buildings in the older parts of the 
town are very curious; wareloufes and 
kitchens occupy the ground floor, fhops 
the fecond floor, and the higher ftories are 
for dining, lodging-rooms, &c. Before 
the tier of fhops on the fecond floor, 
there is a covered walk of confiderable 
breadth, fo that people may go through 
moft parts of the city quite dry and clean 
in the wetteft weather. Chefter is fituated 
on the great road to Ireland; it contains 
about 12,000 inhabitants, among whom 
are anumber of people of fortune; but 
is not remirkable for trade nor manu- 
faGture. The walls are yet ftanding, 
and in good repair ;- buildings out at the 
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gates have increafed much. This city 
contains 11 parifhes: the cathedral looks 
very old; it has been built with a foft red 
free-ftone, which moulders faft away: 
the city walls, and many of the houtes, 
are allo erected with that fort of ftone. 
The river Dee direéts its courfe half 
round this city, and then runs weftward 
to the fea; but is navigable thus far for 
fmall veflels. Formerly the tide came 
clofe under the walls, and covered mang 
thoufands ofacres belowthe town. About 
so or Go years fince, on account of the 
frequent fhifting of the channel, which 
rendered the navigation rather dangerous, 
it was agreed to cut a new courfe for the 
river along a fine marfh on the fouth fide, 
where the fea did not reach; this was 
done, and a good bank (which now af- 
fords an extremely pleafant walk} made 
on the north fide, which had the defired 
effe&t, No fooner was the river taken 
from its old channel, than another good 
confequence was likely to be the vefults 
but which they, at that time, had little 
idea of. As the frefh water now ceafed 
to carry back to the fea fuch fediment as 
the tide brought up, the fand rofe by 
degrees, till, near Chéfter, it was alme& 
out of the reach of the tide, and was ef- 
feftually fecured by a bank of fand. 
This inclofed {and foon grafled over, 
and now produces the moft luxuriang 
herbage. Since that time feveral traits 
more have rofe high enough, and bee 
inclofed in lke manner, and with the 
fame efich. At prefent feveral thoufands 
of aeres have been thus recovered; di, 
vided into beautiful fields with fine thorn 
hedges, windmills, farm-houfes, &e. 
built therecn, and let for from 17s. to ah. 
peracre. It is befides expected, that i. 
the courfe of a few vears more, a fill 
greater conqueft may be had in this ufi 
ed dominion cf Neptune. This is a 
fimple and fure means of reclaiming vaft 
tracts from the fea, and practicable is 
various parts of this kingdom. I have 
particularly noticed very extenfive dif 
‘triéts on the coafts of Cumberland ang 
Lancafhire, where it might be applied 
with every probability of fuccefs—Lang 
thus acquired fhould not be much plough 
ed, it anfwers beft in grafs, and thould 
be manured on the fward. A canal from 
hence to Liverpool is jut Anithed. 
(fo be continued.) 
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