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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1807 Original Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme Subjects: Wales, South History / Europe / Great Britain Travel / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 118 CHAP. XVII. Nanteos. Crosswood Park. Lanavan. Lannwnws. Ystrad Meiric. Pont Rhydvendigaid. Ystrad Fflur Abbey in Ruins. Llyn Tivy. Trcgaron. The way to Cardigan is cither along the coast, or through the interior of the county by Trega- ron. The former is the nearest by many miles, but the latter presents objects of more interest. I traced them both at different times, but reached Tregaron by a very circuitous route, to be pursued for its singularity and wildness; and, though solitary, not ungraced by the memorials of former times. For a few miles the road is pleasing, without furnishing any materials for description. Nanteos, on the left, is a family mansion belonging to the Powels, but rented during the just expiring minority by a Mr. Po- cock. It is one of the first estates in the county, and it is to be hoped, that when the heir comes of age, it will not be on the list of deserted properties. I do not mean to undervalue the advantages which the neighbourhood may derive from the present occupier; but it is impossible that plans of improvement can be carried on. to any extent on so limited atenure; or that a stranger to the habits and manners of a country, however liberal or praiseworthy his dispositions, should render himself equally useful with an hereditary ow ner, willing to fulfil the important relation which ought to suhsist between a gentleman and his dependents. The country has every thing to hope from the early character of Mr. Powel. The situati...
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