HANDBOOK TO THE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY


Illustrative and Descriptive of Places along the Line,
FROM
WORCESTER TO SHREWSBURY.

BY J. RANDALL, F.G.S.,
AUTHOR OF "SEVERN VALLEY," ETC.

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LEGEND OF THE SEVERN, WYE, AND RHEIDOL.


(_See Illustration on the Cover_.)

The Welsh are justly proud of their hills and their rivers; they
frequently personify both, and attribute to them characters corresponding
with their peculiar features. Of the Severn, the Wye, and the Rheidol,
they have an apologue, intended to convey an idea of their comparative
length, and also of the character of the districts through which they
flow. It is called "The Three Sisters," and in substance is as
follows:--In some primitive period of the earth's history, Father
Plinlimmon promised to these nymphs of the mountain as much territory as
they could compass in a day's journey to the sea, by way of dowry upon
their alliance with certain marine deities they should meet there. Sabra,