vale. Salmon, trout, and grayling, abound in the Dee. The favourite flies are the blue dun, the

and built a house upon its site, of which the outside is extremely simple, but the interior, of the greatest elegance.

"The two friends possessed, at the foot of the hill, a meadow for their flocks, a beautiful farm-house, and a kitchen-garden. These two extraordinary persons, both of whom possessed the most cultivated minds, resided in that solitude for seven years, without having slept out of it in a single instance. Nevertheless, they are far from reserved, frequently visiting the neighbouring gentry, and receiving, with equal politeness and kindness, travellers, who are either coming from or going to Ireland, and who may be recommended to their attention by their old friends.

They possess an excellent library of the best English, French, and Italian authors; and the interior of the house is remarkable for the beauty of its proportions, the convenient distribution of its apartments, the elegance of the ornaments and furniture, and the noble prospects visible from all the windows. The drawing-room is adorned with charming landscapes, drawn, and painted after nature, by Miss Ponsonby. The arts are cultivated, with equal success and modesty ; and you admire their productions in this secluded spot, with a feeling which you could not experience elsewhere; and are delighted to find so much merit, sheltered from the attacks of satire and envy, and talents free from ostentation and pride, which never desire other suffrages than those of friendship. I must not quit Llangollen, without mentioning the pure manners of that part of Wales. The two friends assured us, that often, when they quitted home to walk in the neighbourhood, they left the key in their cottage door, though they had a considerable quantity of silver plate and other valuable articles, which might have easily been carried away. The inns

coch y bondy, the iron blue, the pale blue, and the wren's tail.

LLANRHAIADR YN MOCHANT, twelve miles from Oswestry, on the river Moch, or "Rapid," which here separates the counties of Denbigh and Montgomery, and, at the distance of four miles from the village, forms the much admired waterfall of Pistyll Rhaiadr, which renders this place, during the summer months, the resort of numerous visiters. The perpendicular height of this fall is 240 feet, and the scenery around it, though in some places sterile and destitute of wood, is strikingly grand. The river, flowing through a narrow valley, terminating in a precipitous declivity of the Berwyn Mountains, after gliding over a shelving rock for a short distance, precipitates itself, with great noise and velocity, down a steep descent of more than 150 feet, and, being interrupted in its fall by a projecting mass of rock, through which it has worn a channel, forms a second fall to the base of the mountain, beneath a lofty arch, from Pystill Rhaider. The river Mole pursues its course through the village into the Tannat, a large stream descending from the hills

of Llangollen are distinguished by the neatness peculiar to England." Madame de Genlis.

"Lady Emily Butler, the friend and companion of Miss Ponsonby, the sister of the celebrated speaker of the Irish parliament, died at Plas Newydd, near Llangollen, on the 2d June, 1829. Her loss will be severely felt by the surrounding poor."— Cambrian Mag.

above Penrant: this last river has another tributary, called the Twrch.- Trout are caught close under the fall; there is also fine angling at the bridge just below.

LLANYMENECH, twelve miles from Chirk, on the Vyrnyw. This is a beautiful angling station. A few miles from the village the Vyrnyw joins the Severn; and the Cynlleth and the Tannat are in the immediate vicinity.— Abundance of trout and samlets: the orange fly seems a favourite here.

PONT RID MERIDYDD on the Tannat: below the bridge is plenty of fish, exceedingly lively and wel fed, and weighing, generally, about two pounds.

LLANSILLIN, Six miles from Oswestry, finely situated on the river Cynleth. Good angling.

LLANVAIR DRYFFIN CLWYD, two miles from Ruthin, a beautiful spot on the banks of the Clwyd, in the spacious vale of that name.

LLANVAIR TALHAVIN, seven miles from Abergele, in a vale near the confluence of the Elwy and the Aled.

PONT RUFFYDD, at the meeting of the Clwyd and the Wheiler.

PENTRE VOELAS, sixteen miles from Denbigh, on the Conway, an excellent fishing station.

WIGVAIR, two miles from St. Asaph, on the Elwy.

LAKES OF DENBIGHSHIRE.

LLYN ALWEN, the source of the Alwen.

LLYN ALET *, the source of the Alet, about eight miles east of Llanwrst, is enclosed on almost every side by mountains covered with barren heath. -It has fine trout and eels.

LLYN MOELURE, about eight miles from Llanwrst: this and the former one, have fine streams flowing in and out of them. The latter are well stocked

with trout and eels.

A LAKE near Llansannon.

LLYN LLYMBUN, the source of the Bachan River, not far from Nant Llyn.

CHWTH LLYN, the source of the Clodwen, about five miles from Llanwrst.

LLYN CONWAY, the source of the Conway; a beautiful sheet of water, well stocked with fish. LLYN SERNE, the source of the Serne, near Llyn Conway.

CORACLE FISHING ON THE DEE.

As the Dee is a river much encumbered with wood, and of very considerable breadth, after it issues from Bala Lake, it is difficult to fish it from the sides with any chance of success. In this river we have often used the coracle with success. This light bark, says a correspondent of the Old Sporting Magazine †, enables the fisherman to float down the

* Johnson says, a trout taken in Llyn Alet, in Derbyshire, which is famous for its excellent kind, was singularly marked and shaped. It measured seventeen inches in length, depth three inches and three quarters, and weight one pound ten ounces. Sporting Dictionary.

+ Vol. v. 3d series.

river, steering to whatever side he thinks most likely for success, and impeding or hastening his progress as he and it is as wonthink advisable; may derful how slowly he can make it float in a rapid stream, as how fast he can get it on when there is no stream at all; or even work it up against a slight current. The rod, for this purpose, of course, should be light enough to be conveniently used with one hand. The line is, generally, about half again as long as the rod, and reels are seldom used, as they can follow a large fish, unless he should strike up a very stiff current, and kill him without giving him any more line: however, I certainly think the reel a very useful appendage even in a coracle; though I have heard several old hands say, they could do very well without it: but this is in the early part of the salmon season. About the beginning of August, the reel is mostly resorted to; nevertheless, salmon, eight or ten pounds weight, have been frequently killed out of coracles without one.

One day, in the beginning of June, sauntering over one of the bridges of this river, I perceived a weather-beaten old Welshman coming down in his coracle. I walked forwards till I got alongside of him, and attentively observed all his operations. I was very much struck with the appearance of this venerable angler. A broad-brimmed straw-hat, round which were twisted several fly-bottoms, protected his aged brows from the sun. His seat was firm, his keen eye continually on his flies; and he possessed that indispensable requisite for a good