William Stevenson

“ The Cattle of Anglesey are of a good breed; and great attention is paid to them; the average annual export is about 8000 head, from one to four years old. The Anglesey breed of sheep is the largest in North Wales ”

“ An uncommon appearance in the natural history of this fossil is met with in Anglesey, viz. podicles of loose coal of several tons weight. This Island is celebrated for the variety of its shell-fish; Bingley, in his tour, gives.a list of thirty-eight of the principal of these productions; the oysters in particular are highly esteemed. The botany of Anglesey presents nothing very peculiar or remarkable.
Agriculture. Of the 173,000 acres contained in Anglesey, it is computed that there are 12,600 acres of waste land ”

“ Besides common limestone, white marble, and blue-veined grey marble, sulphat of barytes, an earth yielding 2⁄3 of pure magnesia, steatite, serpentine, fullers earth, and native sulphur, are found in this Island. Hitherto, coal has not been wrought with any profit, though the depth of coal, in proportion to the whole depth sunk, appears favourable, being 31⁄2 feet in 77 feet. ”