98 THE TAF. THE LOUGHOR. 



in the interval, a rich and beautiful valley of con- 

 siderable width, through which the Towy winds, 

 gradually assuming a more majestic character. After 

 a further course of about twenty-seven miles, it 

 reaches the metropolis of the county. 



This river is celebrated throughout Wales for 

 the flavour and quantity of its fish, consisting of 

 salmon, sewin, trout) lampreys, eels, 8$c. 



The tributaries of the Towy are the Gwilli, 

 which joins it at Abergwilly ; and the Cothy, which 

 rising at Cwm Cothy, near the borders of Cardigan- 

 shire, falls into the Towy above the mouth of 

 the Gwilli, after a course of about twenty-four 

 miles; the Bran, near Llandovery; the Swaddy, 

 (descending from the small lake at the northern ex- 

 tremity of the Carmarthenshire Beacon), near Llan- 

 gatock ; and the Cynnen, to the south ofLlandilo. 

 Sewin, salmon, trout, and eels. 



THE TAF, OR TAVE, 



Springs from the Llanvyonach Mountains in Pem- 

 brokeshire, and having formed for a short distance 

 the boundary between that county and Carmar- 

 thenshire, flows to St. Clears, where it receives 

 the Cowyn. The Taf receives the small rivers 

 Morlais and Cathgenni, with many considerable 

 brooks. This is a fine river, containing salmon, 

 sewin, S$c. 



THE LOUGHOR 



Springs in a copious stream from a rock called 

 the " Eye of Loughor/' in the parish of Llandilo 



