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banks of the river in pursuit of plants, though an earlier 

 visit by the Secretary had disclosed little of special interest. 

 The river in the neighbourhood is shallow, flowing over a 

 broad and stony channel, and affords excellent trout-fishing. 

 Its secluded course might well be the haunt of the King-fisher. 

 Leaving Carolside at half-past eleven, the members drove 

 by Chapel and Birkhillside to Legerwood, which was reached 

 in less than an hour. There they were received by Rev. J. A. 

 Cameron, and were glad to follow him into the 

 Legerwood shelter of the Church " because of the present 

 Church. rain." Reference has already been made in 



the Proceedings* both to its history and to its 

 restoration. From internal evidence it belongs to the Norman 

 period, and is in respect of its chancel and arch, as Mr John 

 Ferguson, F.S.A. (Scot.), remarks, "one of the most interesting 

 examples of early Christian architectural art in the county." f 

 The scheme of restoration, initiated by the late Rev. William 

 Rankin, minister of the parish, was successfully completed 

 in 1898, a generous contributor to it being William Van Vleck 

 Lidgerwood, formerly Chargi df Affaires at the Court of Brazil 

 in Rio de Janeiro, who died at London on 22nd of this month. 

 The restoration of the original chancel, which for many years 

 had been walled off and occupied as the burial aisle of the Kers 

 of Morriston, formed the chief feature of the scheme, and so 

 successfully has it been carried out that the visitor to-day can 

 discover no trace of any excluding wall. The beautiful Norman 

 chancel arch, in which the red sandstone of the district is con- 

 spicuous, and the plastered walls on which can still be traced the 

 frescoed, star-shaped ornamentation in red, which doubtless sur- 

 vives from the same early period, wei'e viewed with interest and 

 pleasure, a sense of gratitude to him who originated the scheme, 

 though he did not live to see it completed, being uppermost in the 

 minds of many. In other respects, both internally and externally, 

 the Church is not specially noteworthy, though an interesting 

 sun-dial, inscribed W. M. G. 1682, is attached to its South- 

 West angle. Two ancient stones in the adjoining churchyard 



* Ber. Nat. Club, Vol. ix., p. 237, and Vol. xvn., pp. 29-30. 

 t Ber. Nat. Club, Vol. xni., pp. 140-3. 



