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it in sweeping heaps, that an apple-tree which grew 

 there was, in the course of the season, so buried, as 

 that nothing but the summit remained visible. 



In Wales, a long range of coast was at one time 

 overwhelmed by the sea ; so sudden was the calamity, 

 and so unexpected, that it is stated, at the time of 

 its occurrence, there were in one lordly mansion many 

 persons assembled at a great feast given by its owner. 

 "When the guests were carousing and calling for 

 more wine, the harper was suddenly struck with 

 amazement as his spirit foresaw the coming evil; 

 and the servant, who had gone down to the cellar 

 for wine, rushed wildly into the hall, crying out, ' The 

 tide ! the tide !' The harper and the servant alone 

 had time to escape, and found safety in the moun- 

 tains; all the rest were swallowed up lands, flocks, 

 and houses by the impetuous torrent." * 



NOTE III. (Page 45.) 



" See ! in a short time I have succeeded in capturing 

 the very thing I want a fine little specimen of the Me- 

 dusa, or, as it is more familiarly known, a Sea-blubber,"" 

 &c. These animals, when caught, look like small 

 bubbles in the net. So transparent are they, that 

 the uninitiated zoologist is apt to think it is the 

 water dripping through the muslin that he sees, in- 

 * Vide Appendix to P. H. Gosse's " Tenby." 



