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on them. The only object of the flight appears to be the en- 

 joyment of the moment — it is the overflowing of that cup of 

 happiness, which a great and beneficent Creator freely ofl^ers 

 to all his creatures. 



Chapter XVII. 



[In which the Insect-Hunter traceth the course of Arro, and other minor 

 streams.] 



The source of Arro is unknown to me ; nor can I tell which 

 of the various streams, uniting in its early course, is entitled to 

 the name of Arro. A considerable brook rises in Glascwn 

 Hill, and runs by Fualt, Dole-y-frau, and Llanyoyn, to New- 

 church. Another stream flows out of Rhos Goch, a wet 

 marsh, north of Clyro, and is called Cum Ilia Brook; this 

 joins the Glascwn stream near Newchurch, and, from the 

 junction, the stream is known by the name of Arro. From 

 Newchurch Arro winds up a long valley to Kington, turn- 

 ing Milton's, Hale's, Hergest, and one or two other mills ; 

 for three miles before it reaches Kington, it is accompanied 

 by the road leading from Hay, which crosses it at Hergest 

 Court, a mile and a half out of Kington. From Kington it 

 runs N.E. to Staunton-on-Arro, turning two mills; then S.E. 

 to Pembridge, passing a quarter of a mile N. of that village ; 

 then E. to Eardisland and Monkland; at both places are 

 bridges over it ; thence under a bridge between Newton and 

 Ivington ; soon afterwards it receives Stretford Brook, and the 

 united stream runs under Broadward bridge, a mile and a half 

 S. of Lemster, on the Hereford road, and along the Volca 

 meadows to its junction with Lug. 



Stretford Brook rises near Sarnesfield, and passes near the 

 ancient borough of Weobly, and thence through Stretford and 

 Ivington to Broadward, where it joins Ari'o. 



Ridgemoor Brook rises N. of Leominster, at Orleton com- 

 mon, and comes through Eye and Luston, and through the 

 Portley Marshes, in a very direct line to Ridgemoor Bridge, 

 one mile from Leominster, on the Lower Ludlow road. 



Cheaton, or Stockton Brook, rises N. of Kimbolton, and, 

 running by Stockton, joins another brook, which appears un- 

 named : the latter rises N. of Olden Barn, and runs S. by the 



