Welsh Journals

June 1, 1892. BYE-GONES. 321 of the use of the valve-house. It was the intention of the party to have visited Bwlch Quarry and Offa'sDyke,but this plan was abandoned owing to the drenching rain. A brief visit was,however,made to The Gloppa gravels, which have caused much attention owing to the researches of Mr Nicholson, who has recently discovered evidence tending to prove that in the glacial epoch the Salopian area was submerged to a depth of over 1,000 feet. The party were compelled to return to town early, owing to the wretched weather. Mr Nicholson and the President of the Club, who were to have made re¬ marks upon the geology of the district, and the Rev O. M. Feilden, who was to have explained its botany, were for the same reason unable to address the members. The following persons took part inthe excursion :—Dr Callaway, the President, the Rev R. C. Wanstall, of Condover, Mr W. and Mrs Bullock,of Welling ton.MrC. J. and Miss Cooper, of Oldbury, Bridgnorth, Mr J. H. Cooksey, of Bridg- north.Mr Henry R. Jesson Dawes,of 01dbury,Bridg- north, the Misses Gordon,of 01dbury,Bridgnorth,Mr Edward Jones, of Granville Lodge, Wellington, Mr Isaac Knowles, of Wellington, the Rev T. Owen and Mrs Place, of Wellington, the Rev J. A. and Miss Panter.of Wellington,Mr T. and Mrs Pratt,of Bridg- Dorth,Miss Windle, of Oldbury, Mr Fogerty, of Wel¬ lington, the Misses Stuart Edwards, of Boreton, Shrewsbury. JUJNE 1, 189?. NOTES. DEYTHEUR.—As an instance of the arbitrary nature of the orthography of Welsh place-names the following extract from a deed of family arrange¬ ment dated 1755 may be interesting: All the Manor of Deodor otherwise Deother otherwise Dythaar alias Dayddur alias Daythur alias Ditheur alias Dither alias Dithir with the rights members and appurtenances in the County of Montgomery. The deed relates to the estates of Henry Earl of Bradford, the then owner of the Deytheur estate. J. P.-J. OLD WELSH ALMANACKS.—Under this heading there appeared in Bye-Gmes for 1880— 81, from the pen of the late Mr E. G. Salisbury, an account of several Almanacks published by Robert Roberts of Holyhead. Mr Salisbury credits Robert Roberts with preparing the set of Almanacks known as the Gyfaill. But it should be remembered that his father—John Robert Lewis —died on September 19,1806 ; and it was the father who established this annual, and continued to publish it till his death, when he was succeeded by his son, Bobert Roberts. Mr Salisbury began his account with the " Cyfaill Cyfeillion," which was published in 1800. I am able to supplement his valuable list with a few of the set that were brought out before that date, and possibly some of your readers may find my addenda interesting. I do nob know in what year John Robert Lewis Vol. II, published the first; the title-page of the first I have seen is pasted on the cover of a book in my possession. It reads as follows:— CYFAILL C Y M M W Y S. Gyfeillion mwyn caredig, 'Rwy'ch annerch a Ghalennig ; Wedi chasglu (nid heb fai), Wrth reol rhai Dysgedig. 2. Mae anair gan ryw ddynion, I Lyfrau digon Doethion; Ni phryn rhai Rider, na Moore byth, Na gwaith y Smyth o'r Werddon. 3. Anhawdd yw plesio bagad, 'Rhyd Siroedd sydd yn siarad; Rho'nt farn dirion, neu rhy gras, Yn ol eu cas, neu gariad. 4. Yr Haul-wen sy'n amgylchu, Y Ddaear faith o bob tu, Pan f'o un Rhan yn doriad dydd, Rhan arall fydd yn t'w'llu. 5. Mae'r Ddaear hitheu'n ymdro, I'r Dwyrain fel maen llifo; Rhyfeddol Drefnwr Arfaith faith, Sy'n cadw'i waith rhag syrthio. 6. Ein hamser oil sy'n darfod, Bob Blwyddyn, Mis, a Diwrnod; Annoged Duw bawb dan y Rhod, Brysuro bod yn barod. Dublin : Printed in the Year m.dcc.lxxvii. It will be seen that the price is not stated, as is the case in several subsequent numbers of the "Cyfaill." Perhaps some of your correspondents will be able to give earlier numbers. I can supply a few later numbers if the Editor will kindly let me. C.A. QUERIES. A HOOPE.—This was a measure in common use in Montgomeryshire in the seventeenth century, and possibly is yet. What is the size of it in Imperial gallons ? Z. COL. HUGH PRYCE : OF WHAT FAMILY OF PRYCES WAS HE ?—A short time ago I saw the parish Registers of Montgomery, and noticed in one of the volumes the following entry :— 1657. " The well beloved and Right Honored Golonell Hughe Pryce toas buried the xxvj of November." This was the well-known Parliamentarian, and is said to have been a son of Austin ap Rees of Carno, by his second wife Ales, daughter of Hugh Shienton of Llanwnog. This suggestion seems to have emanated from the Rev. W. V. Lloyd, M.A., a most competent authority, who also thought that Lewis Pryce, Esq., of Llanwnog, was nob im¬ probably brother to Col. Hugh Pryce (Mont. 41