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Chapter III: /From Tewkesbury to the Sea./--Deerhurst

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Gloucester--The "Bore"--May Hill--Minsterworth--Westbury-on-Severn
--Newnham--Berkeley Castle--Lydney--Sharpness--The Severn Tunnel--
The Estuary--A Vanished River 119

THE WYE.--_By E. W. SABEL._

"The Notorious Hill of Plinlimmon"--The Stronghold of Owen
Glendower--Llangurig--Rhayader Gwy--Llyn-Gwyn--The Elan, the Ithon,
and the Yrfon--Llandrindod--Builth--Aberedw and the Last Prince of
Wales--Hay--Clifford Castle and the Fair Rosamond--Hereford--The
Lug--"The Wonder"--Ross and John Kyrle--Goodrich Castle--Coldwell
Rocks--Symond's Yat--Monmouth--The Monnow, the Dore, and
the Llonddu--Wordsworth's Great Ode--Tintern Abbey--The
Wyndcliff--Chepstow--The Lower Reaches 124

THE USK.--_By E. W. SABEL._

The Black Mountains--Trecastle--The Gaer--Brecon--The Brecknock
Beacons--Crickhowell--Abergavenny--Usk--Caerleon and the Arthurian
Legend--Christchurch--Newport 149

RIVERS OF SOUTH WALES.--_By CHARLES EDWARDES._

Brecknock Beacons--The /Taff/: Taff Fawr and Taff Fechan--Cardiff
Reservoirs--Merthyr--The Dowlais Steel and Iron Works--The
Rhondda--Pontypridd--Castell Coch--Llandaff and its
Cathedral--Cardiff and its Castle. The /Neath/: Ystradfellte--The
Mellte and its Affluents--The Cwm Porth--Waterfalls and
Cascades--The Sychnant--Pont Neath Vaughan--Neath and
its Abbey--The Dulas and the Clydach. Swansea and its
Docks--Morriston Castle--Swansea Castle--The Mumbles and
Swansea Bay. The /Tawe/: Craig-y-Nos--Lly-Fan Fawr. The /Towy/:
Ystradffin--Llandovery--Llandilo--Dynevor Castle--Carmarthen
and Richard Steele--Carmarthen Bar. The /Taff/: Milford
Haven--Carew Castle--Pembroke Castle--Monkton Priory--New Milford
and Old Milford--Haverfordwest. The /Teifi/: Strata Florida
Abbey--Newcastle Emlyn--Cenarth--Cardigan. The /Ystwith/: The Upper
Waters--Aberystwith 159

RIVERS OF NORTH WALES.--_By AARON WATSON._

CHAPTER I.--/The Dovey, the Dysynni, the Mawddach./--Glories of a
Wet Autumn in North Wales. The /Dovey/: Source of the Stream--Dinas
Mowddwy--Mallwyd--Machynlleth. The /Dysynni/: Tal-y-Llyn--The "Bird
Rock"--Towyn. The /Mawddach/: The Estuary--The Wnion--Torrent
Walk--Dolgelley--Precipice Walk--The Estuary--Barmouth--Harlech
Castle--Portmadoc--Glaslyn--Tremadoc and Shelley--The Traeth Bach
193

CHAPTER II.--/The Seiont, the Ogwen, the Conway./--The /Seiont/:
Llanberis Pass--Lakes Peris and Padarn--Dolbadarn Castle and
Cennant Mawr--Carnarvon and its Castle. The /Ogwen/: Llyn Ogwen
and Llyn Idwal--Bethesda--Penrhyn Castle. The /Llugwy/: Capel
Curig--Moel Siabod--Pont-y-Cyfing--Swallow Falls--The Miners'
Bridge--Bettws-y-Coed. The /Lledr/: Dolwyddelen--Pont-y-Pant. The
/Machno/ and its Fall. The /Conway/: Fairy Glen--Llanrwst--Gwydir
Castle--Llanbedr--Trefriw--Conway Marsh--Conway Castle and
Town--Deganwy--Llandudno 205

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The Rivers of Great Britain, Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial: Rivers of the South and West CoastsChapter III: /From Tewkesbury to the Sea./--Deerhurst

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