The Cambrian Directory [1800]; Or, Cursory Sketches of the Welsh Territories. / With a Chart, Comprehending at One View, the Advisable Route, Best Inns, Distances, and Objects Most Worthy of Attention.

Transcribed from the 1800 J. Easton edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
OR, CURSORY SKETCHES OF THE WELSH TERRITORIES.
WITH A CHART ,
Comprehending at one View,
The advisable Route — Best Inns — Distances — and Objects most worthy of Attention .
Authors, you know, of greatest fame, Thro’ modesty suppress their name; And, wou’d you with me to reveal What these superior Wits conceal? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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.
TO THE FRIENDLY AND TRULY HOSPITABLE INHABITANTS OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF WALES, THESE Cursory Sketches , ARE RESPECTFULLY AND GRATEFULLY DEDICATED, BY
As Dedications and Prefaces are considered proper avant couriers to a Work, the omission of either might be deemed an essential breach of literary decorum:—I profess myself an Old Bachelor, and am consequently anxious every minutiæ should be properly attended to.
It is generally customary in Dedications, to solicit the patronage of an individual; but, as these Cursory Sketches will fully prove, I by no means always pursue the common beaten track, trust it will not be thought too presumptuous, addressing myself to Pluralities , and humbly requesting permission, that the Cambrian Directory may be looked upon as a Ward of the Welsh in general: for I can with safety affirm, in no country will the Tourist experience more true hospitality and friendly attention, than in the Principality of Wales: I therefore with true respect and gratitude, beg leave to subscribe myself,
Gentlemen,