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Wales, one of three divisions of Great Britain; is 135 m. in length and from 37 to 95 m. in breadth, and bounded on the NW. and S. by the sea; it is divided into 12 counties, of which 6 form North Wales and 6 South Wales; is a mountainous country, intersected by beautiful valleys, which are traversed by a number of streams; it is largely agricultural; has mines of coal and iron, lead and copper, as well as large slate-quarries, which are extensively wrought; the Church of England is the church established, but the majority of the people are Nonconformists; it is represented in Parliament by 30 members; the natives are Celts, and the native language Celtic, which is still the language of a goodly number of the people.

Population (1907) 1,519,000

From Nuttall Encylopædia, 1907

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Cromleh near Plaisnewdd in Anglesea
Bishopric of St. Asaph
40.—Cromlech at Plas Newydd, Anglesey
43.—Harold’s Stones, Trelech, Monmouthshire
48.—Hugh Lloyd’s Pulpit
55.—Welsh Pigsty.
74.—Welsh Agricultural Cart
18.—Carnarvon: the Castle.
Map: River Wye, Chepstow, etc.
Picton Castle. – Pembrokeshire.
Penrith Castle, Cumberland
390.—Cardiff Castle
Plate 4.—Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire.
Remains of Valle Crucis Abbey
Steps at Powis Castle, Near Welshpool
Plate 6.—Fall of the Teify.
827.—Carnarvon Castle.
830.—Beaumaris Castle
832.—Harlech Castle
Caerphilly Castle, South Wales
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Places Shown

Beaumaris; Gwynedd; Wales

Caernarvon; Gwynedd; Wales

Caernarvon; Gwynnedd; Wales

Caerphilly; Glamorgan; Wales

Cardiff; Glamorgan; Wales

Cenarth; Cardiganshire; Wales

Chepstow; Monmouthshire; Wales

Festiniog; Merionethshire; Wales

Harlech; Gwynedd; Wales

Llandaff; Wales

Llangollen; Denbigh; Wales

Penrith; Cumberland; Wales

Picton; Haverfordwest; Pembrokeshire; Wales

Plas Newydd; Anglesey; Wales

Powys; Welshpool; Glamorgan; Wales

St. Asaph; Flint; Wales

Telech; Monmouthshire; Wales

Wales