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LOCAL GOSSIP. The Nash Lighthouses have a melancholy origin, according to Cliffe. "During the night of the 16th March. 1831. the steamer Frolic, on her voyage from Haverfordwest to Bristol, with nearly 80 passengers on board, struck w I I on the Nash Sands, and immediately went to pieces. Every soul perished. Amongst the passengers were military officers of rank. and fourteen respectable tradesmen of Haverford- west; the captain. Lieutenant Jenkins, R.N. had invested his property in the vessel, and left a widow and nine children. Amongst the bodies cast on shore were those or a mother and her infant, who were fast locked in each other's arms. This event put the Trinity House on the alert, and the erection of the light-houses followed. The contrast between the heavy surge on the Nash Sands, over which, especially if there is any wind, immense and tumultuous masses of breakers constantly roll, and the calmness of the narrow channel which the steamer securely traverses, is very impres- sive. The Lords of the Admiralty got on these sands on a fine summer's night in 1840, whilst on their annual tour of inspection in the Black tagle steam ship. Their escape was miraculous in the extreme had not the night been perfectly calm. Lord Minto and his colleagues must have inevitably perished. The officers of the vessel seemed ashamed of their stupidity; for although the Swansea steamer Bristol., on her passage up, proffered assistance, and cast anchor for some time. making signals within a quarter of a mile of the royal ship, not the slightest notice was taken. Next tide the Black Eagle got into Bristol, seriously strained. A portion of the eastern end of the Nash Sand is uncovered at half tide it has two ordinary buoys and a beacon buoy. It is believed that the extent and char- acter of the Nash Sands are materially affected by the sea in stormy seasons. We lately heard an extraordinary fact—that soon after the wreck of the Frolic, they were visible for three or four days to a great ex- tent and that on a remarkably calm day some gentlemen from Dunraven Castfe took a boat; landed on the sand banks, and walked about then for a distance of 12 or 1.5 miles, the boat being rowed close to the edge, as they proceeded." All huntsmen will sympathise, writes "Venator Vetustus." with Mr. Hastings Clay and his otter hounds in missing a kill after the grand hunting they had on Friday. The water is very deep and heavy at Llandough Mill, and the writer can recall nearly 40 years ago how an otter was tiunted in that very water by a pack of hounds for many hours, and was killed at last, chiefly by the efforts of two or three sportsmen (of whom the present Sir J. T. D. Llewellyn, Bart., was one) in heading him back from the deep water when he was pounded." The meet was at 4 a.m., but it was midday before the kill was achieved. The late Mr. F. Stacey, of Llan- dough Castle, his brother, the Rev. Cyril Stacey, the late Mr. J. G. Homfray (fwlly- wrach), Sir J. T. D. Llewellyn (then Mr. Llewellyn), the late Mr. G. Thomas, of The Heath, and the huntsman of the Cowbridge Harriers, Usher, were present, and those now alive could speak as to the difficulty and hard work insperable from otter hunting. The otter was-stuffed subsequently by Ward, of London, and presented to Mr. and Mrs. Stacey, of Llandough Castle. Mineral springs at Llanwrtyd Wells, Breconshire, are said to have been discovered by someone observing a frog popping out of a well and looking cheerful and healthy." A story of an identical kind is told of the thermal springs at Teplitz, in Bohemia, and of Gastein, in Tyrol, the only difference being that at Teplitz, as at Bath, thirsty or inqui- sitive pigs were the discoverers, whilst at Gastein a wounded stag showed the onlookers how to get well by lying in warm mineral water. A medical specialist has discovered a new affliction in motor mouth. Motoring, says this authority, hardens and cracks the skin and produces pimples on the lips. The lady automobilist will, therefore, become unkiss- able. A woman's chief charm is gone if she loses the softness and smoothness of her lips," says the specialist in question. And it is safe to say that the motor-car will abol- ish kissing altogether unless some effective remedy is found for the disfiguring and pain- ful mouth which motoring causes." A slump in motor-cars must also be anticipated, so here's a golden chance for the inventor to put a "kiss protector" on the market imme- diately.

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