RAGLAN CASTLE. 5 
of all English ruins, and Raglan Castle, and I 
would say, Let no man tliink lie has seen a sunset 
till lie has seen one from the tower of Eaaian. 
Yet it is a cockney sort of sunset ! for it is pointed 
out to you with the utmost precision, every shade 
of colour expatiated upon, till you turn away with 
an angry feeling as if some one had spoken of your 
own beauty in a rude unfeeling manner ; yet for all 
that one looks in a glass again, and I hope to see 
a sunset from Raglan tower once more. 
From Chepstow I passed on to South Wales, 
where for several months I carried on my some- 
what wild researches much as a mariner without a 
compass might do ; but my " ignorance (most 
certainly) was bliss," and by the magic wand of 
imagination each day's discoveries were transformed 
into gems of rarest value. I have never altered 
these fictitious names in my book, they bring me 
such happy memories of bygone days ; they are a 
journal in which nothing but scenes of beauty and 
pleasure are recorded. This frond was gathered 
at Dynevor Castle, put aside for the minute while 
