a county of South Wales, said to have derived its name from a contraction of the Welsh words *Gwlad Morgan*, or "the county of Morgan," and supposed to have been thus called from a prince of this part of the country, said to have been killed 800 years before the birth of our Saviour: but some other writers derive the name from the word *Mor*, which in the British tongue signifies the sea; this being a maritime county. It is bounded on the south, and part of the west, by Bristol channel; on the north-west, by Caermerthenshire; on the north, by Brecknockshire; and on the east, by Monmouthshire. It extends 48 miles in length from east to west, 27 in breadth from north to south, and is 116 in circumference. It is divided into 10 hundreds, in which are one city, 7 market towns, 118 parishes, about 10,000 houses, and 58,000 inhabitants. It is in the diocese of Llandaff. This county, in the time of the Romans, was part of the district inhabited by the Silures, and had several Roman stations. Thus Boverton, a few miles to the south of Cowbridge, is supposed to be the *Povium* of Antoninus: Neath to be his *Nidum*; and Loghor, to the west of Swansea, to be his *Leucarum*. The principal rivers of this county are the Rhymny, the Taff, the Ogmore, the Avon, the Cleddau, and the Tawe. The air, in the south part, towards the sea, is temperate and healthful; but the northern part, which is mountainous, is cold and piercing, full of thick woods, extremely barren, and thin of inhabitants. The mountains, however, serve to feed herds of cattle, and send forth streams which add greatly to the fertility of the other parts of the county: county: they have likewise coal and lead ore. The south part is so remarkably fertile, pleasant, and populous, that it is generally styled the garden of Wales; but it has no manufacture. This county was formerly full of cottles, most of which are now fallen to decay. It has many small harbours on the coast for exporting coals and provisions. Of the former it sends large quantities both to England and Ireland; but of the latter, to England almost solely, especially butter. It sends two members to parliament, one for the thire, and one for the borough of Cardiff the capital.