. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Welsh is heard only in the mouths of immigrants and of a few very old people. AtMontgomery and Welshpool Welsh has been extinct among the natives for at leastfifty years. It is only on the Upper Severn, beyond Llanidloes, on the UpperVyrnwy, and in the western part of the county, that Welsh remains the languageof the majority.* Montgomery, the county town, is a quiet place, with the scanty ruins of acastle, but prettily situated. TFe/s/ipoo/, at the head of the navigation of theSevern, is a busy market town. Its chief attraction is the magnificent parksurro
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Welsh is heard only in the mouths of immigrants and of a few very old people. AtMontgomery and Welshpool Welsh has been extinct among the natives for at leastfifty years. It is only on the Upper Severn, beyond Llanidloes, on the UpperVyrnwy, and in the western part of the county, that Welsh remains the languageof the majority.* Montgomery, the county town, is a quiet place, with the scanty ruins of acastle, but prettily situated. TFe/s/ipoo/, at the head of the navigation of theSevern, is a busy market town. Its chief attraction is the magnificent parksurrounding Powis Castle, the ancestral seat of the noble family of Herbert. * About 44 per cent, of the population speak Welsh, but hardly 10 per cent, are unable to conrerBOin English. 66 THE BEITISH ISLES. Neictown, higher up on the Severn, is a modern manufacturing town, the prin-cipal seat of the Welsh flannel trade. Llanidloes, on the same river, is a pros-perous town, the inhabitants of which are occupied in the manufacture offlan
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