PRINCIPAL FISHING STATIONS. 93 



LLANDEILO, eight miles and a half from Swansea, 

 on the Loughor. Good trout > 8$c. 



LLANDOUGH, one mile and a quarter from Cow- 

 bridge, on the Dhaw, which here winds through a 

 beautiful little valley, richly wooded, and abounding 

 with picturesque scenery. 



PONT NEATH VECHAN, ten miles from Neath, 

 on the Neath river. This village stands at the head 

 of the valley, on the confines of the two counties 

 of Glamorgan and Brecknock, and at the confluence 

 of jive rivers ; each of them contributing its rocks, 

 woods, and waterfalls, to that general grandeur and 

 magnificence, which here seems to be brought to- 

 gether as in a focus. The Neath river, on which 

 the village stands, is the principal: its double head 

 is mentioned by Drayton. 



The source of that branch which fertilises the 

 spot in question is at the distance of spme miles, due 

 north : but the Neath Vechan division rises far to the 

 north-east, on Mounchdeny mountain ; and, after 

 dividing the counties of Brecknock and Glamorgan- 

 shire, in a wide and circuitous sweep, joins its sister 

 stream just at Pont Neath Vechan. The other 

 tributary rivers are the Melte and the Hepste 

 rising from different, but not far distant, sources ; 

 and, after their union, pouring themselves into Pur- 

 thin river, which likewise receives Tragath, and 

 conveys its collected waters into the Neath. Aug- 

 mented by such copious contributions, the Neath 

 river rolls through its vale in a body and with a 

 force that are truly majestic. The number of cas- 



