6 
HAKDY FERNS. 
I hammered away at the rocks ; for I carried on a 
Kttle desultory wild geology as well as botany, and 
Dynevor is a famous place for both. As I look at 
this Asplenium ruta-muraria I am once more 
scrambling down the old broken mud wall, strongly 
savouring of pigs, where it had made its home, far 
down to some famous sand-burrows from which I 
gaze on the treacherous Cefn Sidan stretching far 
out into the blue waters towards Tenby. As I 
watch I see two vessels bearing down on each other ; 
they pass and seem to pause ; a boat is lowered 
from both, and then I see the smaller of the two 
vessels slowly sink down lower and lower till only 
her mast is above the sea. I hasten home, and 
after a while of suspense hear the good news that 
no life was lost. 
Another Fern takes me to a Welsh wedding, 
where I had been " bidden " by a printed invitation 
in these words As we intend to enter the 
matrimonial state on Thursday, the 9th day of 
June next, we are encouraged by our friends to 
make a bidding on the occasion, the same day, at 
