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ton, who made many inquiries refpe6ting it, obferves 

 to the aflertion, that they jiever encroach upon each 

 other; that he had feen a falmon caught in the 

 lake more than two hundred yards from the bridge, 

 nnd that he had been authentically informed of feve- 

 ral of the gwyniadds having been caught in the Dee 

 near Llandrillo, eight miles from Bala *. — The fifli- 

 ery of Bala lake is the property of fir Watkin Wil- 

 liams Wynne. 



The overflowings of this pool are at times very 

 dreadful. Thefe^ however, feldom take place, ex- 

 cept when the winds, rufliing from the hollows of 

 the mountains at the upper end, drive the waters 

 fuddenly along. In flormy weather great part of 

 the vale of Edeirnion will fometimes be overflowed. 

 By the united force of the winds and mountain 

 torrents, the water towards the bottom of the pool 

 has been known to rife fix or eight feet in perpen- 

 dicular height. On the contrary, in calm and fettled 

 weather, it is always very fmooth. There have 

 been fome inftances, in fevere winters, of its being 

 entirely frozen over ; and when covered with fnow, 

 it has been millaken by travellers for an extenfive 

 plain. 



Excursion round Bala Lake. 



In this excurfion, of about ten miles, I croffed 

 the bridge over the Dee, and proceeded along the 



* Phil. Tranf. for 1767. 



2 eaflern 



