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HISTORY OF DECOYS— (co;amued). 



CHAPTER VII. 



Decoys in the County of Glamorgan. 



Decoys tn tise. Decoys out of use. 



Park Wern. | None. 



Pai'k Wern Decoy, 9 miles W. of Swansea, on the property of Sir 

 H. Hussey Vivian, Bart, who, in 1865, formed a small Decoy in Llanridian 

 Marsh, east of the village of that name, at Killibion, near the estuary of 

 the Burry river, on its south shore. It is about an acre in extent, with 

 three pipes, and the average number of fowl taken annually for the last 

 five years has been about 1 14 head, the greater number being Duck and 

 Mallard. This small Decoy has only been worked to supply the owner's 

 wants, and no attempt has been made to try how many birds could be 

 taken in a season. 



Decoys in the County of Gloucester. 



Decoys in use. Decoys not in use. 



Berkeley Castle (2). | None. 



Berkeley Castle (Earl Fitzhardinge), 3 miles N. of the town of Berke- 

 ley, 1 2 miles SW. of Gloucester, and close to the south bank of the River 

 Severn, within a mile E. of Purton. These are the only Decoys in the 

 county. The pools, of which there are two within a mile of one another, 

 are about an acre apiece in extent, and there are four pipes to each. The 

 old pool is on the verge of the S. bank of the Berkeley and Gloucester 

 Canal, which was formed so close to it that, fearing the Decoy would suffer 

 therefrom, the new Decoy was constructed in 1840 between the canal and 

 the Severn, on the New Grounds. 



