Mr. RAY’j Itineraries. 24I 
we rode that Night to Haver^ 
ford Weft.) where we lay on Sunday. 
This is the largeft and beft Town 
that I have yet feen in Wales ; where 
was an old Caftle, now demolilhed. 
In the Way hither we oblerved a 
Tower called Roche Caftle, which 
may be feen at a great Diftance. We 
palled by Ramfey Illand, and the 
Bifjop and his Clerks.^ Rocks in the 
Sea near St. David\. Ramfey Illand 
is fo called, from Ramfons plentifully 
growing there. Here breed leveral 
Species of Birds, fome the fame as 
in Preftholm. We law, at a Di- 
ftance, Scalme Ifle, where wild 
Thyme is faid to grow, but we went 
not ' thither. At Haverford.^ near 
the River, are the Ruins of an old 
religious Houfe, which they call the 
Priory; within lefs than a Mile of 
the Town, is a fair Houfe of Sir 
fohn Stepneys. In this Town are 
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