The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . IKLE UK THE 1>K, TALSARN-SIDE. THE USK. ?^ JSs The Black Mountains -Trecastle—The Gaer—Brecon—The Brecknock Beacons - Crickhowell—Abergavenny —Usk—Caerleon and the Arthuiian Legend - Christchnrch - Kewport. HE Avild and inclement Black ]\r(:)initains, Fforest FawT,between Carniarthensliire and Brecknockshire, collect the firstdrops that, trickling down the side of the hills, gathervohnne and strength and in time become rivers that arethe delight and pride of a country. Three springs, clea
The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . IKLE UK THE 1>K, TALSARN-SIDE. THE USK. ?^ JSs The Black Mountains -Trecastle—The Gaer—Brecon—The Brecknock Beacons - Crickhowell—Abergavenny —Usk—Caerleon and the Arthuiian Legend - Christchnrch - Kewport. HE Avild and inclement Black ]\r(:)initains, Fforest FawT,between Carniarthensliire and Brecknockshire, collect the firstdrops that, trickling down the side of the hills, gathervohnne and strength and in time become rivers that arethe delight and pride of a country. Three springs, clearand tiny, away up the dark mountain side, where Talsarntowers to an altitude of more than 2,500 feet, are the fountain-heads of a river that, after an extended course of seven-and-Wjf^^^^^ fifty miles in the general shape of a bow, joins the sea at NewportI ft^^sT^^ —^^^ Usk.* Not far away are the sources of many another river—the Tawe and the Neath, to name but two; but of all thestreams that are born in this cheerless region the Usk is by far themost important. Hunying on its w
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