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Excerpt from Monmouthshire The Illustrations on pp. 3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 25, 34, 42, 98, 100, 104, 106, 109, 115, 116, 118, 119, 123, 125, 128, 137, 139, 140, 142, 150, 164, 166, 168, 169, 171, 172 and 175 are from photographs supplied by Messrs Frith and Co.; those on pp. 22, 26, 56, 60, 64, 66, 72, 78, 102, 122, 131, 133, 144 and 161 from photographs by Messrs Valentine and Sons those on pp. 63, 74, 75, 76 and 77 are reproduced by kind permission of the pro prietors of the Great Western Railway Magazine; those on pp. 80, 93 and 94 are from photographs by Mr H. L. Jones; those on pp. 129 and 174 are from photographs by Mr W. E. Call; that on p. 20 is from a photograph by Mr Ballard and the portrait on p. 149 is reproduced from a photograph by Mr Emery Walker. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.