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Kewsop/ and above Kewsop the bifid head of the mighty 

 Beacon at Brecon looms in the distance. Farther to 

 the right, but much nearer to the beholder, is the British 

 encampment of Croft Ambery, oft visited by the Insect- 

 Hunter. Still farther to the right, the sharp, abrupt bluflf 

 of the gigantic Clee frowns over the fair scene beneath. A 

 motley multitude of minor hills complete the landscape. It 

 is sw^eet, it is very sweet, to gaze on such a scene, — the 

 outline of the ever-during mountains is as the countenance 

 of a ions-loved friend. 



Chapter XII. 



[Treateth of the Waters of Lemster and the course of Lug.] 



Impressed with the deep importance of his subject, the 

 Insect-Hunter must assume a somewhat severer diction than 

 has characterised his lighter labours. The waters of Lemster 

 are seven, — Humber, Cheaton, Ridgemoor, Lug, Oney, Arro, 

 and Stretford Brook. The inhabitants of Lemster invariably 

 speak of their streams in this mode, the definite article so 

 commonly used before the names of rivers being justly con- 

 sidered superfluous. Some say that this usage of the Lemstrians 

 arises from the elegant, refined, and poetic taste, universally 

 acceded to them ; others, less indulgent, insinuate that the 

 small value of the streams, in a commercial point of view, none 

 of them being navigable,^ induces the laconic phraseology. 

 As rather favouring the latter opinion, it may be observed, that 

 the principal streets, and the marts where money is made, are 

 almost invariably spoken of with the definite article prefixed, 

 as " the Bargates," " the Poplands," " the Etnam-street," " the 

 Draper's-lane," &c. &c. The Insect-Hunter must not presume 

 to theorize on such an intricate subject as the origin of these 

 customs, but leave the important inquiry to the resident and 

 enlightened Lemstrians, a race of men alike eminent for the 

 liberality of their views and the variety of their attainments. 



* Also spelt Kewstope. 



"^ An Act of Parliament was passed in the fourteenth year of the reign of 

 Charles II. "to open and improve the navigation of the river Lug in Hereford- 

 shire." 



