FOOTNOTES:

[1] The Severn is about 200 miles in length, the Thames being about 250. The Dee is hardly more than 90 miles.

[2] “Our Own Country,” Vol. V., p. 160.

[3] “Our Own Country,” Vol. V., p. 169.

[4] “Our Own Country.” Vol. V., p. 183.

[5] “Our Own Country.” Vol. V. p. 186.

[6] Dean Spence in “Cathedrals, Abbeys and Churches,” p. 774.

[7] Green. “Short History of the English People,” ch. iii.

[8] Quoted in “The Wye and its Associations,” by Leitch Ritchie.

[9] For Map of the Usk see ante, p. 127.

[10] “Our Own Country,” Vol. V.

Transcriber’s Note:

This e-text is based on the 1897 edition of the book. Minor punctuation errors have been tacitly corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation and spelling have been retained.

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# p. vii (List of Illustrations and Maps; RIVERS OF CORNWALL): ‘New Bridge’ has been removed; there is no such illustration.
# p. 38: ‘as you please’: ‘e’ had been printed upside down; this has been corrected
# p. 64 (caption): ‘p. 658’ → ‘p. 65’
# p. 147: ‘seige’ → ‘siege’
# p. 268: ‘muninipal’ → ‘municipal’
# p. 276: ‘page 223’ → ‘page 273’
# p. 307: ‘are still call’ → ‘are still called’
# p. 308: ‘an the bullocks’ → ‘and the bullocks’; ‘owers’ → ‘towers’
# p. 376 (Index): ‘Wynn, Sir Watkin Willliams’ → ‘Wynn, Sir Watkin Williams’