'Thomas Pennant [1726-1798] was a prolific writer. The first volume of his "Tours in Wales" was published in 1778 and the second in 1791 but, strangely, his account of his journey on the Continent was not published until 1948. His principle work on zoology "British Zoology" appeared in four volumes between 1761 and 1777. He also wrote on the zoology of India and the Arctic Region ... Two years before his death, Pennant completed "The History of the Parishes of Whitford and Holywell" ...'