rolls them round, but does
not blow them over the edge.

It did not take us long to inspect Lundy Island, for it is only about
two and a half miles long, and less than a mile wide. It consists of a
mass of granite rising about two hundred feet above the sea.

We regretted being unable to visit Swansea, away to the north-east, and
Carmarthen; but the coast between them is dangerous, and the passage
would have occupied a considerable time. We should also have liked to
look into the very pretty little seaside place of Tenby, on the west of
Carmarthen Bay.

Swansea is a town of very considerable importance. It has a large
foreign and home trade, and contains a number of furnaces for the
smelting of copper, the ore being imported from Cornwall and Devonshire,
and even from Australia and other foreign places. Five or six thousand
ships visit it every year. Several canals and railways connect it with
other parts of the country. It is not surprising that the wreck chart
should show a number of black dots off its harbour.

A fresh breeze from the south-east soon brought us in sight of Saint
Ann's lights, forming the south-west entrance of Milford Haven; and
guided by them we stood on towards the mouth of that magnificent
estuary, which we entered by the first dawn of day. Running up it, we
steered due east until we came off the town of Milford, where we
brought-up, and sent on shore for fresh provisions.

Milford Haven is a wide estuary, in some places four and five miles
across. We went on shore, but there was not much to see in the town. A
naval dockyard, which once existed here, was removed in 1814 to
Pembroke, on the southern side of the estuary. Having obtained what we
wanted, we stood across to the latter place. We anchored off the
dockyard, which is even larger than that of Portsmouth. We went through
it, visiting several ships of various sizes. We saw also buildings and
manufactories similar to those at Portsmouth. Everything is on a large
scale. We were much interested in all we saw; but as I have already
described Portsmouth, I need not give an account of Pembroke. From the
width of Milford Haven, and being open to the south-west gales, it does
not when they are blowing, afford secure anchorage; and the wreck chart
shows that a number of vessels have been lost within it.

Papa and Uncle Tom had a consultation on board the Lively, and agreed
that they would stand on up the Irish Channel, and touch