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often very good, and would be admirable, could 

 the arrangements to prevent netting and preserve 

 them, which have been often attempted, be car- 

 ried out. The principal ones are the Dee, the 

 Lliw, and the Twrch, which fall into the lake at 

 its head, and the Lafar, whose mouth is at 

 Glanllyn, about two miles lower down. Just on 

 the other side Bala, and falling into the Dee 

 half a mile below the lake, is another, the 

 Treweryn, which descends from the mountains 

 between Bala and Festiniog. 



Most unfortunate is it that these rivers cannot 

 be properly preserved. As they are, they are so 

 well adapted for preserving and breeding the 

 fish so defended from the poacher by deep 

 pools and large rocks, that even now, and with- 

 out any strict preserving, they will afford sport, 

 which if properly looked after would, we have 

 no doubt, be some of the finest in the princi- 

 pality. A club was formed some time since for 

 this purpose ; keepers were appointed and funds 

 raised ; but some few individuals were dissatisfied 

 with the arrangements ; jealousies and heart- 

 burnings took place ; and the attempt was given 

 up. We are sorry to say that subsequently, men, 

 who have not the poacher's apology of necessity 

 to plead, have not been ashamed to rival him in 

 his low pot-hunting propensities, and have braved 



