The South Wales coast from Chepstow to Aberystwyth . uld rather not go there;a sentiment which rather reminds one of the En Paradis qu ai-je a faire ? of Aucassin. Forthis speech Matilda was sent hunting for everwith the ghostly Own Annwn, or Hounds of Hades,who hunt the air on stormy nights with bayingsand cries. Did poor Matilda on one of her ghostlyhuntings happen to meet with Sir Harry Strad-ling that, even so late as 1850, she should still behunting his tormentor, Colyn Dolphyn ? Sir Harrynever returned to St. Donats, but went on pil-grimage to Jerusalem, as did many of the Strad-lings, a
The South Wales coast from Chepstow to Aberystwyth . uld rather not go there;a sentiment which rather reminds one of the En Paradis qu ai-je a faire ? of Aucassin. Forthis speech Matilda was sent hunting for everwith the ghostly Own Annwn, or Hounds of Hades,who hunt the air on stormy nights with bayingsand cries. Did poor Matilda on one of her ghostlyhuntings happen to meet with Sir Harry Strad-ling that, even so late as 1850, she should still behunting his tormentor, Colyn Dolphyn ? Sir Harrynever returned to St. Donats, but went on pil-grimage to Jerusalem, as did many of the Strad-lings, and died on the way home at Famagusta. Wandering in South Wales, one is apt to lookupon castles as giant milestones, and measureones course by the landmarks they so temptinglyexhibit. After St. Donats one naturally thinksnext of Dunravenâa matter of four miles awayas the crow flies; but the coast is a difficultone. We are still on the dangerous rocks of theUpper Lias formation, and Nash Point is a for-midable place enough. What says the old sailor. _J « â, <D m a - ^s U rt f. O *-â J3 Ofl :- a LLANTWIT MAJOR 113 as he runs down Bristol Channel past Nash Point ? If the Great Gutter or Nash Passage roars louderthan Breaksea Point (which he passed awhileago), the trip will be an unlucky one. Moreover, beware of Nash Sands. Why ? Because there is a winch in them. Now a winch is a very curious thing : a sort ofbottomless whirlpool into which, if your bodyfall, it will never be seen again. So swimmersare warned against the winch in Nash Passage,which is known down there as the Great often a lovely lady sits and lures people intothe winch. One cannot help thinking there wasa winch in the Rhine, retained in the immediateservice of the Lorelei. In the graveyard at Monknash a stone, with ananchor for emblem, may be seen, erected by volun-tary subscriptionâ To the Memory of the shipwrecked crew of the Malleny :Lost on the Tusker rock, 15 Octr. 1886. The first two occu
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