Excerpt from Letters Written During a Tour Through South Wales, in the Year 1803, and at Other Times: Containing Views of the History, Antiquities, and Customs of That Part of the Principality; And Interspersed With Observations on Its Scenery, Agriculture, Botany, Mineralogy, Trade and ManufacturesWales, from its numerous productions, it calculated to afford. The remarks of those who have travelled for pleasure have generally partaken of the nature of their motives; and the inaccuracy of their descrip tions has, to'o often, resembled the rapidity of their steps. Useful travel has a twofold object. It ended-s vows to benefit the country it. Visits, while it labours to accumulate advantages for its own. If in asoer taining facts I have sometimes slightly animadverted upon authors, who fancy themselves entitled to more generation and respect, and who conceive I have been too free with their works, I say, disclaiming every idea of personality, Amicus Plato, Anxious Socrates, Jed magi: amim Veritas.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.