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grandeur past the town of Hay (the ancient Gellc), the Wje laps the base of 

 Clifford Castlf , where Fair Rosamond, the daughter of the Earl of Cliflford, was 

 born; and thence to Whitney bridge, whei-e for the present we must part with 

 our fair oouipuuion, as the train whirls us away out of eight of its charms. 



We hope some day to give an account of the early history of this 

 famous river. We cannot do so now, but will just add a few words as to its 

 future prospects. As we have said, the siiirit of the age is to cultivate and 

 make the most of our rivers, that is, by care and by the obeei vance of proper 

 regulations, so to manage them, that they may be m»de to produce the greatest 

 possible amount of food. It is, indeed, gratifying to find that the little that has 

 hitherto been done has produced most marktd results. This very spring we 

 have witnessed an abundance of salmon in our upper fisheries that has certainly 

 not been equalled within the last ten years, and an increase in the size of those 

 fish that is altogether without precedent. A salmon was taken as high up as 

 Newbridge by angling, SO.^.lbs., and several over 201bs. ; and at Holm Laoey, four 

 miles below the city of Hereford, the monster fish of 56Ibs. was caught by the 

 nets. This fish is the largest that has been taken in any part of the Wye. It 

 was caught in Even-pit pool, in the Holm Lacey water, the property of 

 Sir Edwin S. Stanhope, Bart., rented by Mr. John Stephens, fishmonger, 

 of Commercial-street, Hereford. The men who actually caught it in the 

 draught-net were Jonathan Haines, William Thomas, John Goodman, 

 and Richard Andrews It was a cook fish, in excellent condition, fresh 

 from the sea, and when taken from the water weighed 57^1b3. It measured 

 4ft. 8in. in length, and 2ft. 4in. in girth. Two other salmon were caught at the 

 same draught, one lllbs. and the other 12 lbs. Numbers of others, varying 

 from ."is to 15 lbs., have been taken, and this season the capture of a 251b, 

 fish has been an ordinary occurrence. In cultivating our liver, the chief points 

 we must look to are the discountenancing and prevention of all kinds of 

 poaching, especially the killing of the young fry, the spawning fish, and the 

 kelts. Then we must endeavour to place fish-passes on every milldam that 

 now shuts out the fish from their natural breeding grounds. The Monnow, 

 Lug, and Llyfni, with other tiibutary streams of large size, are now unpro- 

 ductive from this cause, and the evil is a serious one, as the produce of our river 

 should be commensurate with the extent of its spawning ground. At the 

 present moment one thiid of the area of the Wye district is undeveloped, and 

 consequently barren. If we have pollutions of any kind flowing into the river 

 we should resolutely deal with them, both for the sake of public health and 

 of our fish, and should i)ut a, stop to such injurious and often wasteful 

 practices When we have effectively done all these things, and so regulated 

 the capture of the vast amount of fish that all proprietors, high and 

 low, shall have their shares in duo proportion, a great work will have 

 been achieved, and wc shall be able to redeem our promise to the public and to 

 the nation, of bui>i>lying them with a large amount of wholesome food at a 

 moderate piir-f. AV'e need hardly say, that in effecting this, the goodwill and 



