Welsh Journals

Notes and News. SOMETHING ACCOMPLISHED." In our Notes and News it is fitting that we should record in the first place work that has been accomplished, through our representations, for the preservation of antiquities. Under this head we have to note with satisfaction that the stone crucifix formerly in the outside wall at Llanwenog Church has been moved within the building. At Trefilan, too, the remaining portion of the ancient font, long exposed in the churchyard, has been carried inside the church and placed near the modern font which is now in use. Other works which should be at once taken in hand, and to some of which attention has been previously drawn in the Transactions, are the removal within their respective churches of the old fonts at Lledrod, Llanfihangel-y-Creuddin and Aberporth. ANTIQUARIANS OF THE RISING GENERATION. We are convinced that a great deal might be done in schools, and especially in Intermediate Schools, in the way of fostering a knowledge of antiquities and a taste for research. This is perhaps best done by means of practical work, object lessons and excursions out of school hours. A very pleasant Saturday was spent in this way by our Editorial Staff with Mr. S. M. Powell, of Tregaron County School, and some pupils under the able guidance of Mr. Jenkin Lloyd (Pant). As an indication to our readers of what is being attempted in this way we append an essay written by one of the pupils of Tregaron County School describing an Antiquarian Expedition up Craig-y-Foylallt:- It was a fine Autumn morning, and, though I had made a special effort to turn out early, I had soon to realize that a novice at the art could not easily beat the herald of the dawn, for the sun had already cleared the horizon. Through the dark, rolling mist that enveloped the still surface of the Teifi I could dimly discern-about a mile and a half up the Brenig Valley-the church tower of Llanddewi-Brefi standing out against the somewhat blurred background afforded by Craig-y-Foylallt, on whose summit I was to spend the oncoming day. A brisk walk-brisk, because on that amiable morning, I wanted to be, for once in my life, on friendly terms with punctuality-and I reached the foot of the hill up which the primary ascent was to be made. There I found that the rest of the party were in advance, and, when I caught them up, the expedition amounted to-the mytho- logical number-seven.