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in his own territories ! My road lying under the water, I of course proceeded 

 that way, and certainly the effect of a bright sun and brilliant azure sky, which 

 it was my lot to behold through the falling watery veil, I should think greatly 

 preferable to that of a dismal cloudy atmosphere, although it may allow the 

 wanderer the benefit of the paradoxical boast of taking shelter from the rain 

 under the water. 



A walk through the woods, a few hundred yards, and a descent amongst the 

 rocks, leads to the romantic boiling and foaming falls of little Col Hepste, which, 

 fringed with and half hidden in wood, have a very romantic appearance. The 

 Lime-tree ( Tilia parvifolia) is very abundant and luxuriant on the banks of the 

 Hepste river at both falls, and its beautiful glossy leaves and fragrant flowers, 

 combined with the picturesque aspect that Limes always present, give an 

 addition and character to the beauties of the scene. The Lime not being very 

 common any where in this country in a wild state, and seldom found over- 

 canopying brooks and streams, a question might justly arise whither the tree be 

 really indigenous here. The aspect certainly is that of an original denizen of the 

 soil, and its being included as such by Turner and Dillwyn in their catalogue 

 of the botanical rarities of Glamorganshire, seems to confirm the assumption. 

 The profound dingle in which the trees grow, has been formed by the continued 

 action of the water upon the schistose rock, and it is therefore not difficult to 

 imagine a time when the torrent flowed unshadowed by foliage, and open to the 

 day over the very ground now occupied by the trees. From whence, then, did 

 they come ? They appear not upon the mountains, and may therefore possibly 

 be the product of an ancient plantation, the memory of which is forgotten, 

 though now undoubtedly naturalized to the locality. The falls I have just 

 mentioned are a series of water-leaps, forming altogether a depth of about 70 

 feet, perhaps as interesting as the larger one, on account of the greater variety of 

 rock and thicket presented to view, and, in my estimation, preferable to the more 

 highly-lauded ones of the Mynach. This is a charming place for a bivouack, 

 many portions of the rock offering a commanding position " high and dry." 



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Some Remarks on the " British Song Birds." 

 To the Editor of the Naturalist. 



Bewsey House., June 14, 1837. 

 Dear Sir, — Since I last had the honour of writing to you, I have procured 

 your British Song Birds, the perusal of which gave me much pleasure and satis- 

 No. 11, Vol. II. 2 m 



