14 THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 
Nantyrodyn, near Llanwrtyd Wells, who 
I may designate as one of the last of his 
race. I made his acquaintance when 
fox-hunting near the cave of Twm Shon 
Catti, on the Towy, some thirty years 
ago; and even now I can see the spare 
wiry figure, with long white hair waving 
about his shoulders, his eyes fairly 
flashing with excitement as he sprang 
from rock to rock and cheered the 
hounds. Many a chat have I had with 
him about his favourite sport, falconry. 
He told me that for many years he used 
to walk from Llanwrtyd, in Breconshire, 
to Snowdon and back nearly every year 
to obtain young Falcons, as he could not 
procure any in Breconshire. He trained 
and flew them himself, but when I knew 
him he was too old to climb for them. 
He was very fond of a Merlin, and had 
trained the female Sparrowhawk to fly at 
Landrails. As he lived in the wildest 
part of the county, no one interfered 
with him; he was a true lover of nature, 
and had a wonderful knowledge of 
everthing appertaining to the habits of 
birds. Poor old Morgn! kindly in his 
nature, pleasant in his manner, though 
wild at times as the hawks he trained 
