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full of small delicate trout ; they rise eagerly at any 

 of the lesser artificial flies.* 



LLANDOWROR, two miles from St. Clears, be- 

 tween the Hirwaun and the Taf ; both of which 

 abound with fine salmon and trout. 



CAYO, eight miles from Llandovery, at the con- 

 fluence of the othy and Twrch. This is a very 



man furnishes conversation to a whole district for many days. 

 The man, accordingly, quitted his occupation, and with hasty 

 strides came up, just as we had cast our flies upon the surface 

 of a beautiful little pool, the basin of one of those tiny cascades 

 just mentioned. The first throw was successful ; a brace of 

 trouts, yellow as gold and spotted like a leopard, rose, one to 

 each fly, or rather sprang out of the water and caught them 

 ere they fell. The simple Welshman, delighted at this cap- 

 ture, and at the dexterity with which he considered it was 

 effected, left his cattle to wander ad libitum, and solicited 

 permission to carry our fishing-pannier and landing-net, and, 

 in fact, remained until evening; by which time the former 

 contained an excellent dish of fish. After being regaled at 

 his farm on some excellent substantial fare, we presented the 

 contents of the basket to his children, and continued our 

 route to Brechva; with difficulty escaping from our host's 

 pressing invitation to pass the night and the next day under his 

 roof. 



* As the angler, when in this neighbourhood, will be com- 

 pelled to sleep at Brechva, he will do well to sally forth, before 

 sunrise, the following morning, and fish the Cothy (which runs 

 about a quarter of a mile from his inn), just at the spot where 

 these united streams flow into it. He cannot fail of sport ; 

 there are always trout, and salmon too, on the feed there : as he 

 passes through the meadows, he will see the former, in the pools 

 of the brook, a dozen together. 



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