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Notes and Queries for Local Research in Cardiganshire. DAVID J. SAER AND DAVID THOMAS. This paper incorporates addresses to the Society and con- tributions from individual members without attempting to cover any field of study completely. We hope to continue suggestions on these lines in future numbers, in the expectation that this may make the collection and preservation of rural lore more complete and valuable. In the first place, we would draw the attention of teachers to the valuable pamphlet, Local Lore," published by the National Library of Wales and available free on application. The introduction by Mr. Ballinger mentions a number of local peculiarities of a county concerning which information is specially desired and schemes of investigation for local lore are reprinted from the Gentleman's Magazine," of 1755, from the New Statistical Account of Scotland," 1845, and from the Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1830). Local research has been very greatly aided by the scheme for assistance, maps, etc., organised by Sir A. T. Davies, during his tenure of office as secretary of the Welsh Department of the Board of Education. The amateur investigator is an essential agent for archaeology, without his aid, the interpretation of the past would hitherto have been very difficult, if not indeed impossible, and in this age of rapid change of customs and social conditions it is particularly fortunate that the number of investigators and collectors of information is so enormously increased by the enrolment of school children in the work so that records of bygone ages may be caught and duly noted before they pass away beyond the possibility of recall. As full a knowledge of the past as possible is needed to interpret the evolution of the present and to guide our social and economic policy for the future. As yet we are very far from gathering together what is requisite for a satisfactory knowledge of the past in our own neighbourhood, and the following lines of research may be found interesting in themselves, and prove an addition of some value to what has already been attempted. It is well known that the coastal plateau of Cardiganshire contrasts in many ways with the high moorland plateau of the interior, while in the coastal lands we distinguish easily north, mid and south sections. The boundary between the first two follows