18 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



formed, was the print of St. Afaph's horfe- 

 ihoe, when he jumped with him from Onan- 

 HaSTa, which is about two miles off; 

 though this, Mr. G. obferves, feems rather 

 to have been a miracle performed by the 

 horfe than the faint, unlefs his keeping his 

 feat at fuch a leap may be deemed one. 

 What was the occalion of this extraordinary 

 jump is not faid; whether only to mew 

 the agility of his horfe, or to efcape the 

 aSTaults of the foul fiend, who, in thofe 

 days, took unaccountable liberties even with 

 faints.* 



The Diocefe of St. Afaph comprehends 

 nearly all Flintshire, Denbighshire, and 

 Montgomeryshire, befides three hundreds 

 in Merionethshire, and a fmall part of 

 Shropshire. The members of the chapter 

 are the dean, archdeacon, (who is the Bi- 

 fhop) Six prebendaries, and feven canons. 



* Grofc's Antiquities, Vol. VII. p. *43- 



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