Transcribed from the 1800 J. Easton edition ,
THE
CAMBRIAN DIRECTORY,
OR,
CURSORY SKETCHES
OF THE
WELSH TERRITORIES.
WITH A CHART,
Comprehending at one View,
The advisableRoute—BestInns—Distances—and Objects most
worthy of Attention.
Authors, you know, ofgreatest fame,
Thro’ modesty suppress their name;
And, wou’d you with me to reveal
What these superior Wits conceal?
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All my ambition is, I own,
To profit, and to please, unknown.Visions in Verse.
Salisbury:
Printed and sold by J. Easton,High-street: Sold also by T. Hurst,
Pater-Noster-Row, London; L. Bull, and J. Barratt, Bath;
J. Norton, and W. Brown, Bristol; and O. Tudor, Monmouth.
1800.
p. vTOTHE
FRIENDLY AND TRULY HOSPITABLE
INHABITANTS
OF THE
PRINCIPALITY OF WALES,
THESE
Cursory Sketches,
ARE RESPECTFULLY
AND GRATEFULLY DEDICATED, BY
p.viiTO THE
INHABITANTS
OF THE
PRINCIPALITY OF WALES.
As Dedications and Prefaces areconsidered proper avant couriers to a Work, the omissionof either might be deemed an essential breach of literarydecorum:—I profess myself an Old Bachelor, and amconsequently anxious every minutiæ should be properlyattended to.
It is generally customary in Dedications, to solicit thepatronage of an individual; but, as these Cursory Sketcheswill fully prove, I by no means always pursue the common beatentrack, p.viiitrust it will not be thought too presumptuous,addressing myself to Pluralities, and humbly requestingpermission, that the CambrianDirectory may be looked upon as a Ward of the Welsh ingeneral: for I can with safety affirm, in no country will theTourist experience more true hospitality and friendly attention,than in the Principality of Wales: I therefore with true respectand gratitude, beg leave to subscribe mys