A Month's Tour, &c.

This 1761 publication presents a travel narrative titled "A Month's Tour in North Wales," accompanied by a prefatory essay on the philosophical benefits of travel. The introduction argues that travel exposes one to varied customs and manners across regions, offering moral improvement and health benefits for invalids. The author explains the work originated as private notes for personal memory and a friend's entertainment before being published by the urging of acquaintances. The main text chronicles a May journey through Flintshire, Denbighshire, and Anglesey, detailing scenic observations: the Dee and Mersey rivers, Holywell's copper works and mills, the vale of Clwyd, Conway's medieval walls and castle (built by Edward I, later besieged by Cromwell), and various country seats of local gentry. The narrative includes practical travel details—road conditions, ferry crossings, accommodations—and anecdotes such as a cave with unknown depths and a remarkably large cat at Gwinda. The text concludes at Holyhead, describing its packets stationed there.