Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 16 of 120
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# Page Analysis This is a page of running prose from a Victorian travel narrative titled "A Month's Tour" (page 76). The text describes the author's journey through the Conway valley in Wales, detailing how their carriage crossed the river by ferry at high tide, the cost of passage (a shilling per passenger), and the characteristics of the Conway River, which is noted for fine salmon and navigability to Llanrwift. The passage concludes by cataloging several notable estates on the east side of the river, including properties belonging to Lawyer Walsh, Mr. Stoddard, Sir Roger Moftyn, and Mrs. Moftyn—though this appears to be a travel guide or memoir rather than sensational fiction.
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76 A MONTH’s TOUR. town; and vale of Conway, gradually dif> played themfelves to our view. Our’car- riage did not pafs the river. At high wa+ ter the ferry plies. oppofite to-the town. As the tide was out at this hour, we were under the neceffity of defcending a- bout a quarter of a mile, from whence we were ferryed to the town for a fhilling each paffenger.. 4 The river. of Conway is remarkable for fine falmon, and is navigable to Llanrwift. On-the eatt fide the. water, nearly oppofite to the town, are the following. feats.;. Marle,, the property of ‘Lawyer Walhh ; Tregannion, adjacent. to,the fea, the refi- dence of Mr. Stoddard ; Pofteallon, be-. longing to Sir Roger ;|Moftyn ; and Glo-. dydd,;the feat of Mrs. Moftyn; all of | which we SE. Rtas ia gone 0 ce ' ; Me des otras ee a ° comicbooks.com