feviption, of no fmall merit among modern 
bards. 
A mountainous road runs in a line, 
nearly parallel, with the courfe of'the Dee, 
after having pafled the town of Corwen 
and Keniogy, which are furrounded by 
fine [cenes. When this valley is verdant, 
its amenity is rarely exceeded, but the 
long feries of dry weather had fcorched 
the meadows. At Llangollen, we were 
attracted by fame, to vifit the cottage in- 
habited by the Irifh women of quality, 
whofe ftory is detailed, with fome flight 
Variation, in every tour which has been 
Jately publifhed. It certainly difplays no 
tafte, cither in its exterior conftrudiion or 
the immediate environs, but appears like 
any other ordinary houfe, contiguous to a 
little dirty market-town. Indefinable as 
a modern cottage is, this will be found to 
have no fingle charafteriftic, excepting 
fmallnefs. . Withinfide we learned, that 
gcod tafte is difplayed in the library and 
drawing-room. .It is whifpered, that thefe 
female anchorites, as they have advanced 
ix life, have difcovered no {mall curiofity 
to know what is pafiing in the world they 
Jeft twenty years ago with inviolable re- 
folutions of perfe& feclufion. 
Llangolien is encompaffed by lofty moun- 
tains; upon one, which ftands infulated, 
are the ruins of Caitle Dinas-bran, an early 
Britifh fortrefS, which proudly overlooks 
the valley. Advancing, we ob/erved an 
aqueduct not far diftant from the dilapi- 
dated church of the monaftery of Llan 
Eegwyrft, the eaftern window of which has 
attracted the artifis, as producing a fupe- 
rior combination of architeéture and 
fcenery. We came much nearer to ano- 
ther upon a grander f{cale, now building, 
and both intended to carry a navigable 
canal over the river Dee. Thefe are curi- 
ous, as exhibiting a mode of architeCture 
practifed in England, only within a few 
years paft, but infinitely inferior to the 
Pont du Gard at Nifmes, and others, on 
the Continent, of high antiquity. Near 
Chirk, one of thefe was a good appendage 
to the landfcape. ‘The Caiftle at Chirk 
efcaped our notice, and from the report of 
travellers is not much deferving of it, 
having been fo entirely modernifed. Wyn- 
ftay and its proud domain appeared on the 
leit, and its very extenfive front was richly 
illuminated by the fetting fun ; it is a ref- 
dence every way worthy of the great 
feudal Jord of North Wales. We had 
fcarcely pafled the barriers of England and 
Wales, when the twilight fucceeded, and 
coucealed a view of the country, till we. 
entered Ofweftry. 
Sate down ina comfortable Englifh inn, 
- Cantabrigiana. 
[May 1, 
we began to talk over the excurfion we had 
juft conc.uded. Itwas unanimoufly agreed, 
that to the lover of land{cape and of caftle 
architeéture North Wales hols forth every, 
rational inducement for the journey. To 
thofe who have the pencil at command, the 
gratification will be enhanced in a degree 
not within calculation, South Wales pef- 
feffes ecclefiaftical architeéture of a very fu- 
pericr kind, at Llanthony and Tintern, 
with the immenfe cattle of Caerphilly and 
the caftellated houfe of Raglan. 
For thofe who, implicitly crediting the 
Jateft tours, will not fubmit their imagina. 
tion to the caftigation of common fenfe, 
much difappointment is referved, if they 
explore thele wild regions, merely becaufe 
it has becn recommended by ¢ people of 
fathion.”” 
But thofe of liberal purfuit, who delight 
in the grandeur of nature, and allow each. 
{fcene to prefent itfelf, unfpoiled by falfe 
anticipation, who expeét no fimplicity of 
manners where the vices of civilization 
are prevalent, a tour in Wales mutt ever 
be a defirable object, 
MRE yoncmae Te 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
CANTABRIGIANA, 
NV. B. This Cantabrigiana and laft month’s 
were intended as one, though divided, on ac- 
count of length, by the printer. The writer, 
miftaking, apprehended, that the following 
lines were either to be omitted, as incorreét, 
or inferted in this month’s Magazine, and was 
therefore inattentive to the’ errors of the 
prefs; though he acknowledges fome inad~ 
vertence of his own. We beg leave, there- 
fore, to reprint them, with a tranflation by 
the author. . 
The reader will pleafe to corre&t, alfo, an 
error of the prefs in No. ccviii. of the laft 
month ; for ungenerous, read ingemious.— 
And in the preceding month (No. cci.), for 
for Acxrniaqiw, Acxanaria. 
IN OBITUM JOSEPHI PRIESTLEY, LL.De _ 
Keiras Oynrog ea TeesolAnsog ev pOievorruy, 
ADD’ ets kas pnen Cn, xduTA okra TYAN, 
Keirat ev ahrodemors pidrns aco arareides aung? 
Zwes evevysvewy ginger AvyAiaxay, 
Tpavtncy OZone xa nv tenvosowy |epsCev 
Lov ayawny Sapepory xas nrcos eve Oavav, 
Ouyeapos ciynot, worvoxasbpros wat Egicngy 
Liyecw worrot T avlecCopsvav. ie 
Ou wept vuv seca segeus teces GrloneuerCety 
_ GbAcropos vermEs Bx ETL dihoropm, © 
AAW nuasis Covles copiny aperny re cebwpney, 
EE agerng tipun, xas xAEIS EES YODg. 
NO. CCXil.—T RANSLATION. 
N the cold grave, among the filent dead, 
Low Priefiley lies 5 but-ftill he lives tq — 
fame ; 
Tn foreign climes low lies his reverend heady 
Eur generous Britons thal] record his name. 
