70 ESEY. easternmost point. Tin iv urc - nnall ami uniiu] .-.so of i.l li.ailln.i ', and 1><1 Wharf. Tin if is BO] .:y that A: at some remote; observed fv whii-h i-i t: .gition of g AllL'i Ordo. > known by various name- tho " shady inland," " islo of heroes," iunl island." 'I; . which is a blight modi: arose from ita bi i 'i iiids, and i tluit ho ltd hi> it. made } v of the s: i >ry, massacred many i DiiiicU;ii.; their graves and schools. The i'.oadicea compelled liim ,' Ids c<.n<iuc-t, ami it was !i years bt . .In tho i, by the 1'] pasiu; : putting down a revnlt in Ninth V. 1 tu Mini, i. Hi was mot by a desp' in which the vi.mcn and the pncsts took part; but tin. invail' "to success. After the -eat nf till' having at < isle of tho Aiiu lish." DM of the lltli century, A! , ml to be so till Wales was incorporated with Tho island was several tin: in tho 9th and 10th centuries. In 913, the Irish landed here, and did nr. In the nigii of William Kntus, the Karls of Chester and Shrewsbury led an English army into Wales, and landed on tic island, where they took savage revenge on : lately practised by them on tho English border. A sudden descent of tho King of Norway occasioned the <.f tho English. During tho 12th century, the island suffered in common with the rest of tho [ality from intcstiin'warfare. An unsuccessful in- vasion was made by tho Irish, in the time of Hi my 111.; and the complete subjugation of tho country wa to be accomplished l.y Edward 1. Att< r finishing his task, ho erected a great fortress on tho eastern -pot named by the Km 'inaraii or ' marsh." This castle was completed in 1 290. During tho war in tli" 17th century, tho castlo was Bg. All i 18 Bent under < Mjrtt inris, in which tl.e royalists wire defeated, thegarrisni. nd are unii It i.- the only i in Wales which i-. not mountainous. Tho surface, which was once covered with >1 it is only long the coast of the it, tin: tin sc.-n. i pleasing : is a largo t: waste hind called i thousand acres, county. A still I M.i'.tiaHh," was enclosed by means of a nl>nnnt.l> .an 1790 and Is lion. i.ite also is fomnl, and on the casti i abundance. Coal is lor.inl, but in thin beds, wl workini; tlnni. 'lln re u a gi'i marble* of excellent tin tcofptot uml the are svhite, blne-vuin*d gri i : i . i ' . 1 1 :/ 1 . 1 1 1 1 ' : i i ' '. ' . hirh has '. tilkv I "kiiiK k'l marble U 1 potti i wveral kii are also found. mini ral 11 island. Tl land of Ti-j-sclwyn, wliii-h has a striking aspect of rudo ur, rising in nigged masses of *! i lay. Tt of tho copper ore wa made in 17CH. Tin j>uu- i .111 is in s(.mo part* 300 feet in thirl imato "I 1 11. than (hat of the neighbouring j.ait of of its sui-fkce. But it is ahio n autumn. Tho soil is of various 1, t common, icd- ^ mth-eastern si< 1 .my m..ily soils. The greater ]irt of tin- land is hi/e, wi!h hhort ligs aofl .. and of a black colour. They aro callafl runts, lin lioman oxen described by the agricultural writer Coluiuclla. About 6,000 of them are exported yearly. Simp am al. They aro the largest breed in North V..li .-. 'llie present prove' i of funning have not been introduced in the island. Many of t'.i by ti nan. y at will. Most of tho farm-houses and bu ings aro of an inferior kind, and the fields arc sep i' sods, four v.ith ditelu.i I edges arose. :.an they have 1 in several <1 Lime and seaweed are The shell- sand, the best of which is obtaim-d in! Hay, is largely used and also export, d. T' small rivers, prei; .and; 1 boiiij; tl" 1'V.iw. '1 'In re are scvcr.il (iood natural harbours, but no means of inland navifation. l-'ish of found in abundance. In li holme Island and the main-! . aro '! hoy iii-i ' all. '1 I 1 ' nm n OJ itl ts,;-.i exported in large fish and beautiful shells are found i DC 1. ITxero aro no manufactures of importance. The coarse wool from the Carnarvonshire moun 1 native wool of Anglesey, is i cloths, flannels, and blankets, la their own county is divided ini or tantrefi, and those into - '. , the hundreds are
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ins sevenU . ef which ark, which is the eounl -. II' lyliead, aro 1 m:h and i: anol! . .1, i- a market town. 'I in r to palliam. lit. 'I i unitid return one nn nil i r. l'.fa"iiiai;.-, II" place -il deput i y paol btaii'i thean lull aeoni and in tin 1 ln.-i n Canterbury. It is <li idod into si. d lorty-tiv. iii' tires. Tho roads of tin .uly 'lueneeof itsln ingthr ^n at thm'ou ' nl. Tin' pi iii' ipal n ad i that li-adingfj tli" il. nai r.riili;". n^ht arro.-s the is!. th. Tho railway :,-r is lIl! 11 'i wllieh it llir.s. .S"lth of t' nd railway cross n i inbulik- . whirli Itr. i Toss tho Jli n i
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