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MEMORIALS OF RAY : 



Menevensis. At St. David's Head, among and upon the 

 rocks, are found crystals or bastard diamonds, like to 

 those found at Madryn and other places. Here lies a 

 stone called the shaking stone, which they report formerly 

 a man might have moved with his hand, (it is so poised on 

 its centre,) though many men cannot move it from its 

 place. 1 saw no great wonder in it. It is a rude stone, 

 naturally made hke to a meta, and standing upon its 

 vertex. There I found the HyacintJim \_8ciUa verna, 

 Huds.] mentioned before in Bardsley, besides the plant 

 which I call Polypodium marinum \Asjplenium marinum. 

 Linn.] growing on many rocks by the sea-side, which it 

 is likely the herbarists may call Felix marina, or Adian- 

 tJmm, &c. Leaving St. David's, we rode that night to 

 Haverford West, where we lay on Sunday. This is the 

 largest and best town that I have yet seen in Wales ; 

 where was an old castle, now demolished. In the way 

 hither we observed a tower called Roche Castle, which 

 may be seen at a great distance. We passed by Ramsey 

 Island, and the Bishop and his Clerks rocks in the sea near 

 St. David's. Ramsey Island is so called, from Bamsons 

 [Allium ursimm, Linn.] plentifully growing there. Here 

 breed several species of birds, some the same as in Prest- 

 holm. We saw, at a distance, Scalme Isle, where wild 

 thyme is said to grow, but we went not thither. At 

 Haverford, near the river, are the ruins of an old rehgious 

 house, which they call the priory ; within less than a mile 

 of the town is a fair house of Sir John Stepney's. In 

 this town are three churches. South of the town, by a 

 little river (which is kept up by banks to drive a mill) 

 grows in great plenty Cy^pems, &c. q. \Scirpus maritimus, 

 Linn.] This is a town and county, governed by a mayor, 

 alderman, sheriff, &c., and elects a burgess for the parlia- 

 ment. In a close near the castle, I found Trifolium 

 cochleatum folio cordato maculato \Medicago maculata, 

 Sibth.] From Haverford we rode to Pembroke, where 

 we saw the ruins of the castle ; in it, by the river's side, 

 a large round vault in the rock, which sounds much ; it 



