PEMBEOKESHIRE. 



67 



fisheries, has but a small harbour, which larger vessels can enter only with the 

 tide. Travelling up the lovely valley of the Teifi, we reach Lamjyeter, a bright 

 market town in a fine situation, and the seat of a college of the Church of 

 England. ISorth of it lies Tregaron, to the north-west of which are the ruins of 

 Strata Florida, an abbey founded in 1184. 



Pembrokeshire is called in Welsh Penfro — that is, " Head of the Peninsula" 

 ■ — a very appropriate name for a county forming the south-western extremity of 

 Wales. The surface of Pembrokeshire is for the most part undulating, and rises 

 in the Mynydd Preseley to a height of 1,758 feet. The coast is generally bold, 



Fig. 35. — MiLFORD Haven. 

 Scale 1 : SSO.OW. 



W.OP Gr 



Depth under 10 i'athoma. 10 to 20 Fathoms. 



20 to 33 Fathoms. 

 ^_ 5 Miles. 



Over 33 Fathoms. 



and Milford Haven, a veritable fiord with many ramifications, penetrates far 

 inland. It is easily accessible, and capable of afibrding shelter to the combined 

 merchant fleet of England, but owing to its remote situation no great mercantile 

 harbour has arisen on its shores. 



Pembrokeshire is Welsh in its northern, English in its southern half, and the 

 line separating the two races is well marked, extending from the northern part of 

 St. Bride's Bay to Narberth, which lies to the east of it. When Arnulf de 

 Montgomery conquered the country, in the reign of Henry I., he no doubt brought 

 English settlers with him. These were on two subsequent occasions reinforced by 



