now for a better spirit to prevaiL We have heard from more than one member 

 of the Board of Conservators that there is every disposition on their part to act 

 in the fairest and most liberal manner to the upper proprietors, and on the 

 other hand it is fair to expect that they, the upper proprietors, will assist all 

 they can in protecting the breeding fish ; by this course of action, and by thia 

 mutual co-operation we may hope to see our river stocked again with fish, as it 

 was in days of yore. During our stay at Llandrindod we heard of four fine 

 salmon being taken this month at a single draught from a pool in the Ithon 

 close by, and surely if a few fish can find their way there now, large numbers 

 will by and bye, when the Wye itself improves. Give the scheme a fair trial, 

 and do not condemn or endeavour to defeat it all you can without this trial. 

 Let the waters bring forth abundantly. For the credit of Radnorshire, and of 

 the character of the Welsh, who have long been considered a peaceable, and 

 orderly people, let them obey the laws framed for the general good, and for their 

 own good too, and no more let that peaceful valley, smiling as it does in the 

 warm summer sunshine, witness again such murderous affrays. 



Farther down, the Wye rushes through the gorge below the castle of 

 Llechryd ; this gorge is called the Rocks, and one of our party sees a salmon 

 rolling in his silvery sweep in one of those deep pools between the rocks ; but 

 the water is too low to think of salmon fishing. The river is now flowing over 

 the strata of the Upper Llandovery rocks ; here the productive Irfon, a tributary 

 of large size, flowing from the Abergwessin mountain and by the sulphur springs 

 at Llanwrtyd, joins the Wye ; and now swollen to the size of a large river, 

 our fair companion rushes past the town of BuUth (the Bullfeum of the Romans). 

 Anon, the river still flows wildly on in its rock-bound channel, now past Sir 

 J. Bailey's fishing cottage, then by the Nydd and its far-famed salmon catch of 

 Cavan Shwn Lewis, where it is said Mr. Charles Stretton kUled twelve fish in 

 one day ; past the Skreen fishery at Erwood, 

 Here it lies darkling, 

 Tliere it flies sparkling, 

 Now 'Death the shade of the oak it will lie- 

 Then darts into sunshine— this gay river Wye ! 

 Now by Llangoed Castle, where you see from the railway the very pool where 

 poor Mr. Holmes was drowned whUe fishing, in si^ht of his newly married wife. 

 Ere this the Edw and Bachowy, or the little rapid river, tumbling over the pre- 

 cipitous fall of Craigy-Rwll-ddu, have added their waters to the larger stream. 

 The Llanstephan rocks also show tbeir lichen-covered heights, and, at Bough- 

 rood, sweeping round the large horse shoe bend, and by that pretty rectory into 

 Llanpwll-Uin pool, the river emerges from its rocky channel and narrow valley, 

 leaves the Llandovery strata, and here takes its course with more leisurely 

 steps through the Old Red Sandstone formation. Leaving Llj swen, or the White 

 Court or Palace, the valley expands, and, at Glasbury, we observe the river 

 wandering through the wide level plain, as its Latin name of Vaga, the 

 Wanderer, truly denotes. Here the Llyfni, flowing from Llangorse Lake, 

 yields up its name and waters to the larger river; and now flowing in stately 



