I first got an idea of astronomy from reading 'The Solar System,' by Dr.
Dick, translated into Welsh by Eleazar Roberts of Liverpool.

That book I found on Sundays in the preacher's library; and many a sublime thought it gave me.

It was comparatively easy to understand.
"When I was about thirty I was taken very ill, and could no longer work.

I then went to Bangor to consult Dr.Humphrys.After I got better I found work at the Port at 12s.

a week.