Class I. OTTER. 



they were found only in the river Teivi ; two or 

 three waters in that principality, ftill bear the name 

 Qi Llyn yr afangc '^ ^ or the beaver lake; which is a 

 further proof, that thefe animals were found in dif- 

 ferent parts of it : I have feen two of their fuppofed 

 haunts \ one in the ftream that runs thro' Nant 

 Frankon\ the other in the river Conway a few 

 miles above Llan'nvft\ and both places in all pro- 

 bability had formerly been crofled by Beaver dams. 

 But we imagine they mud have been very fcarce 

 even in earlier times ; by the laws of Hoel dda^ the 

 price of a beaver's fkin (CroenLlofilydan f) was fixed 

 at one hundred and twenty pence, a great fum in 

 thole days. 



* Rail fyn. quad. 213. 



f Llojilydan^ that is, the bj'oad tailed animal. Leges Wallica, 

 261. 



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