422 REPORT— 1894. 



Right on the edge of the sea, in the rock, there is a well of fresh water 

 called Ffynon Fair (Mary's Well), to which steps have been cut, and with 

 which doubtless some folk-lore is connected. 



U'wclb y Myiiydd, almost at the extreme end of Lleyn. Here is a 

 farm called 'Y Gwyddel.' A mountain in the neighbourhood is called 

 ' Mynydd y Gwyddel.' A farm near is called ' Bodarnabwy,' most likely, 

 as Professor Rhys has suggested, = Bod Gwernabwy = The Dwelling of 

 Gwernabwy. 



Penycaeraii, and HJiiiv, to the east of Aberdaron, on Cardigan Bay. 

 R.hiw is a somewhat isolated village or hamlet between Mynydd y P^hiw 

 and Mynydd y Graig. Mynydd y Graig dips into Porth Neigwl Bay, 

 sometimes called in Welsh Safn Uffern= Hell's Mouth. 



Bodferin, to the N.W. of Aberdaron, on the St. George's Channel. 

 The church of this place has long since fallen into ruins, and the parish 

 been annexed to Llangwnadl. In the neighbourhood of one of the farms 

 near Rhydlios chapel, called Tyddyn Ffrainc, is a supposed medicinal 

 well. The water of another well in this district, called Ffynon Leuddad, 

 or Loewad, is still believed to cure warts. Pi'ofessor Anwyl suggests 

 that in studying the etlmology of Wales it would seem preferable, in 

 districts where there are no villages, to endeavour to observe the physical 

 characteristics of members of the various places of worship, which are 

 practically the centres of the different communities. 



Llangwnadl and Bryncroes, parishes adjacent to Bodferin. Tlie district 

 around Bryncroes church is fairly well populated, and in all probability- 

 has been isolated. In mediaaval times there were some religious houses, 

 liere, indicated by the names Monachdy and Ty Fair. In Llangwnadl 

 parish are several families, the history of which can be traced for a con- 

 siderable time, and it may practically be taken for granted that families 

 which were settled in Lleyn early in the last century have been there from 

 time immemorial, road communication having been till then very imperfect 

 in the peninsula. In this neighbourhood there is a marked prevalence of 

 sandy hair and beard and bluish grey eyes. Aquiline noses of fair length 

 are very common, and the physique generally is good. 



Penllcch and Tydireiliog, adjoining parishes, are similar in chai'acter to 

 those last mentioned. On one of the fields belonging to Cefnamwlch 

 estate, in the neighbourhood of Tydweiliog, there is a well-preserved 

 cromlech called ' Coiten Arthur,' and there are apparently the remains of 

 another close by. 



Sam Feillteyrn, a village about two miles from the cromlech, in the 

 direction of Cardigan Bay, may repay inspection, but it is doubtful whether 

 any of the families which inhabit it have been long established there. 



Llaniestyn, another village not far oft", in the direction of Garn Fadryn. 



Edeyrn and Nevin, on the St. G eorge's Channel side of the peninsula. 

 The pojDulation of Nevin (where Edward I. held a tournament) is 

 largely sea-faring. The inhabitants have one or two marked peculiarities 

 of dialect : for example, the use of ' mi olchon ' = ' we washed,' where all 

 the other inhabitants of Lleyn would say 'mi ddarun olchi.' Inter- 

 marriage is common, and the population has tended to keep itself apart. 

 Near Porthdinllaen, on a promontory, there are remains of fortifications, 

 probably raised by Norsemen, who made descents upon the coast. 



Nant Giuytheyrn and LlitJifaen, between Nevin and the EiH. 



Speaking generally of the districts of Lleyn, with which he is best 

 acquainted, Professor Anwyl remarks that a frequent term of abuse is ' Yr 



