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PART III. 



in diameter, covered with bark, and in a state of vigorous growth : it is, in 

 fact, of itself a great tree, and overtops the old one. On examination, how- 

 ever, it is found to he united behind, and also at some distance from the 

 ground, by two great contorted arms, one on each side, to the inner wall of 

 its decaj'ing parent ; being a curious example of natural inarching, and having 

 altogether a verj' striking and singular appearance. 



The Llanthewt/ Vach Yeiv. This tree, a male, which stands in the church- 

 yard of Llanthewy Vach, near Caerleon, measures 30 ft. 4 in. in circum- 

 ference at 3 ft. from the ground; and, like the last, has a stunted and hollow 

 trunk, with a lateral opening, and will hold five or six persons. It has also 

 in the centre a still more remarkable inner trunk, covered with bark, quite 

 detached and distinct from the old trunk below, but united with it above by a 

 great branch running into, or more probably proceeding from, it. 



The Gresford Yew, of which./J^. 1988. is a portrait, stands in the south- 

 east corner of Gresford churchyard, near Wrexham, Denbighshire. The 

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circumference of the trunk, at 5 ft. 3 in. from the ground (being at the point 

 of divarication of the main branches), is 29 ft.; and at the very base, it is 

 22 ft. ; from the trunk to the extremity of the branches, on the south side 



