Adriatic Sea. This opinion is partly founded on the assertion, that salmon, which are plentiful in the river, are never found in the lake; nor are gwyniaid, which swim in shoals in the latter, seen, except rarely, in the former; but this may be accounted for by the instinct which all creatures exhibit, in resorting only to those haunts most congenial to their habits, and most convenient for feeding and shelter. The lake abounds with pike, perch, trout, and eels; there are also a few roach, and innumerable gwyniaid (so called from the whiteness of their scales),-a species of fish found only in Alpine waters, and resembling whitings in flavour, which spawn in December, and are caught in great numbers in spring and summer. The fishery in the thirteenth century belonged to the abbot and monks of Basingweik; the whole is now the property of Sir W. W. Wynne, Bart., who has a handsome villa, called Glyn Llyn, pleasantly situated on the margin of the lake.*

*The following local tradition is vulgarly connected with the formation of this piece of water, in common with most other large lakes of Wales:- "In the far-gone ages, when the Cymri were yet lords of the Beautiful Isle, there lived in the valley where the lake now stands, a prince, the richest and the proudest in all the land of Gwynedd. But it was known that his treasures, his palaces, and his hunting grounds, were the wages of sin; and as he first entered his palace door, a voice was heard from the distant mountains, crying out, Edivar a ddaw! Edivar a ddaw!' (Repentance will come! repentance will come!) When will repentance come?' asked the 'At the third generation !' replied the voice; and

prince.

LLYN BODLYN, near Barmouth.- Trout and eels. LLYN CWM HOWEL, near Corsy Gedol, contains a deformed species of trout.

a deep thunderclap broke from the mountains, that seemed to join all their echoes in one terrific acclamation of assent.

"The wilful prince laughed at the voice, and still went on in his crimes, careless of God and man, plundering and murdering the poor peasants around him; and many a time has he been heard to burst into a loud and frantic laughter, as the hymn from the distant church rose faintly upon his ear.

"An old harper from the neighbouring mountains was one night summoned to the palace. He heard on his way that they were rejoicing at the birth of the first child born to the prince's eldest son. When the harper arrived in the hall, there was such feasting, and so great a number of lords and ladies, that he had never seen any thing equal to it before; and when he began to strike upon his harp, it was a beautiful sight to behold the dance of those proud-eyed gentlemen, and those damsels, with necks as white as a morning cloud that rises blanched from the ocean. old harper was not a whit less they to dance to his music.

And so it went on; and the delighted to play to them, than

"It was now just midnight; there was a pause in the dance, and the old harper was left in his nook quite alone, when suddenly he heard a little voice half whispering, half singing, in his ear, Edivar, Edivar!' He turned round, and saw a small bird hovering in the air, beckoning him to follow, and he followed as fast as an infirm old man could. He did not at all know the meaning of this; but still he thought he must obey the summons. At last they got fairly out of the different windings of the palace porticos, into the clear cold moonshine; when the old man began to hesitate; still he

LLYN IRDDIN, near Barmouth. Trout and eels. LLYN RAITHLYN, near Trawsvynydd, a very beautiful sheet of water, remarkable for a variety of the perch, having a distorted spine. There are also trout and eels.

LLYN PAIR, or Pool of the Cauldron, about three

saw the little bird between him and the moon's disk, beckoning so sorrowfully, and heard her call out again, Edivar! Edivar!' so awfully, and yet so mournfully, that it might have been a Christian's voice; and he was afraid not to follow. Thus they went on, over bogs, and through woods and thickets; the little bird still floating before, like a cloud, always guiding him along the safest and smoothest paths; but whenever he paused even for a single minute, she again wailed out, (in a tone that reminded him of his own little Gwenhwyvar's dying shriek, when she fell into and perished in Glaslyn*,) 'Edivar! Edivar!'

They had now reached the top of the mountain, a considerable distance from the palace, and the harper was faint and weary; and once more he ventured to pause, but he no longer heard that little warning voice, hurrying him down the other side of the mountain. He listened; still there was no sound, save the rustling of the torrent at his feet, or the occasional tinkle of the distant sheep-bell. He now reflected how foolishly he had acted, in allowing his old weak brain to lead him away from the castle, and turned back, in hopes that he might again reach it in time for the next dance. But his amazement was indescribable, when, on turning round, he could see nothing of the castle; - all beneath him was a wide, calm expanse of lake, and his harp floating on the surface of the waters."-Cambrian Quarterly.

*The Blue Lake.

miles from Towyn, on the old Macynnlch road, through the mountains. The outlet of this lake is among large rocks, and the stream falls into another black pool below, and thence runs into the sea by Bodtalog. This lake contains very large trout, and fine eels.

LLYN CONGLOG, "the Angular Lake,” eleven miles west of Bala, the source of the Felinrhyd river. -Trout and eels.

LLYN TREWERYN," the Transparent Lake,” nine miles from Bala, and about a mile from the above. -Excellent trout and eels; also perch.

LLYN ARENNIOG, a short distance from Llyn Treweryn, and connected with it, and with Llyn Conlog, by a small river.-Fine trout and eels. All the pools in the vicinity of the Arenniog Mountains abound with fish.

LLYN CREGENAN," the Lake of Shells," four miles south west of Dolgelly: a river flows from it into Barmouth Harbour.-Trout and eels in the lake, and fine salmon in the river.

LYNN GADER," the Lake of the Keep," one mile and a half from Dolgelly: a river flows into this lake. -Trout and eels.

LLYN GEIRW, "the Lake of Torrents," about five miles south-west of Dolgelly, connected with Barmouth Harbour by a fine river replenished with salmon, trout, sewin, eels, &c.

LLYN CYNWCH.

LLYN ELIDER, Llanvrothen.*

* The name of the parish in which the lake is situated.

LLYN TEEWYN UCHA AND ISA, Upper and Lower

Teewyn lakes, Llandecwyn.

LLYN Y CWM BYCHAN.

' LLYN CREINI, "the Lake of Adoration," on Cewyn Creini.

LLYN CWM MYNACH, Llanyltid.

LLYN DDU," the Black Pool," Llanvihangel Pen

nant.

LLYN MYNYLLOD, Llandervel.

LLYN SERN, "the agitated Lake," Trawsvynydd. LLYN TRIGRAIENYN, "the Lake of the Three Pebbles," (three vast stones,) which Idris is said to have pulled out of his shoes there,-Tid y Llyn, about five miles west from Dinas Mouthy.

LLYN URDDYN, "the Lake of Consecration," Llanddwywan.

LLYN Y DIVAS, "the Pool of the Fort," Bedgellert. LLYN Y GADER, "the Lake of the Keep," Dogellau.

LLYN Y MOWYNION, "the Maiden's Lake," Festiniog.

LLYN Y OROR, "the Lake of the Border," Bettws. LLYNIAU* DDUON, "the Black Pools."

DENBIGHSHIRE.

The principal rivers are,-the Dee, the Clwyd, and the Conway; beside which, the smaller rapid streams descending from the mountains, towards any of

*The plural of Llyn.