The graphic and historical illustrator; an original miscellany of literary, antiquarian, and topographical information, embellished with one hundred and fifty woodcuts . e away into a little heap of ashes. Trembling with fear, hehastened down to the witches house, and gentlyknocking at the door, undid the latch, and found theold woman,—for none knew her age,—sitting near asmall glowing fire, on either side of which two blackcats glared at the intruder, in a way that did not addto his comfort. And what brings you down to poorold Cattis at this time of the day? inquired she. I am come to ask whe
The graphic and historical illustrator; an original miscellany of literary, antiquarian, and topographical information, embellished with one hundred and fifty woodcuts . e away into a little heap of ashes. Trembling with fear, hehastened down to the witches house, and gentlyknocking at the door, undid the latch, and found theold woman,—for none knew her age,—sitting near asmall glowing fire, on either side of which two blackcats glared at the intruder, in a way that did not addto his comfort. And what brings you down to poorold Cattis at this time of the day? inquired she. I am come to ask whether you ever heard of SionEvan oGlanrhyd? The old woman looked at himin silence, as if considering, and then said, SionGlanrydd ! dir anivyl fi ! Sion Glanrydd ? woes me !my memory is sore gone ! . . Oh, now I recollect,when I was very young, hearing my grandfather,Evan Shenkin Penferdir, tell that Sions son we;itout amongst the hills one day, and was never heardof more; he fell no doubt amongst the Tylwyth Sion is said to have lived near your ! manys the time Ive seen them dancing nearthe Garreg-hir! Vyvyan. ANCIENT CHESS-MEN. jr^tgi. Early in the year 1831, a curious discovery wasmade in the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, on the sea shore,in the parish of Uig, of a considerable number ofChess-Men, curiously carved out of the tusks of theanimal called, in Icelandic, Rostrangr, or Rosmar,but in other parts of Europe, the Morse, Walrus, andSea-Horse. They were discovered by a peasant of theisland whilst digging on a sand-bank, and having beensince purchased by tbe Trustees of the British Mu- THE GRAPHIC AND HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATOR. 145 seum, are now deposited in that establishment; to-gether with a bone or ivory fibula, and fourteen table-men or drauo-ht-men, which were found with chess-men are sixty-seven in number, but thepieces so vary in size that it is difficult to select eventwo sets which correspond exactly. The largest King is4i inches in heigh
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