Our

entertainment was poor, though the house was not bad. The situation is very pleasant, by the side of a small river, of which the bank rises high on the other side, shaded by gradual rows of trees. The gloom, the stream, and the silence, generate thoughtfulness. The town is old, and very mean, but has, I think, a market. In this town, the Welsh translation of the

many works on religious subjects. He enjoyed considerable preferment in the church, and lived at Llanrhaiadr; of which parish he was the Rector. He died October 6, 1778, aged 75.

Old Testament was made. The Welsh singing Psalms were written by Archdeacon Price. They are not considered as elegant, but as very literal, and accurate.

We came to Llanrhaiadr', through Oswestry; a town not very little, nor very mean. The church, which I saw only at a distance, seems to be an edifice much too good for the present state of the place.

Llanrhaiadr.

Oswestry.

Llanrhaiadr, being translated into English, is The Village of the Fountain, and takes its name from a spring, about a quarter of a mile from the church.

Llanrhaiadr

Waterfal.

9.

We visited the Waterfal, which is very high, and in rainy weather very copious. There is a reservoir made to supply it. In its fall, it has perforated a rock. There is a room built for entertainment. There was some difficulty in climb ing to a near view. Lord LytteltonTM came near it, and turned back.

When we came back, we took some cold meat, and notwithstanding

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Thomas, the second Lord Lyttelton.

the Doctor's importunities, went that

day to Shrewsbury.

10.

I sent for Gwynn", and he shewed us the town. The walls are broken, and narrower than those of Chester.

" Mr. Gwynn was an architect of considerable celebrity. He was a native of Shrewsbury, and was at this time completing a bridge across the Severn, called the English Bridge: besides this bridge, he built one at Acham, over the Severn, near to Shrewsbury; and the bridges at Worcester, Oxford, and Henley, are all built by him.

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Shrewsbury.

are narrow.

The town is large, and has many gentlemen's houses, but the streets I saw Taylor's library. We walked in the Quarry; a very pleasant walk by the river. Our Inn was not bad.

11.

Sunday. We were at St. Chads, a very large and luminous church. We were on the Castle Hill.

12.

Wenlock. We called on Dr. Adams*,

The Master of Pembroke College,

Oxford; who was also Rector of St. Chads, in Shrewsbury.