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the sportsman. It is remarkable that the crayfish, 

 or fresh-water lobster, is found in many brooks run- 

 ning into the Wye ; but seldom or never in those 

 falling into the Uske or the Irvon. Many unsuc- 

 cessful attempts have been made to remove them 

 into the rivers of Carmarthenshire and Glamorgan- 

 shire, and even into some brooks communicating 

 with the Irvon, which empties itself into the Wye, but 

 when thus conveyed, they soon disappear. Not 

 being found dead, and their vacant shells being 

 never seen, they consequently either emigrate, or 

 are totally devoured by the indigenous inhabitants 

 of the stream, to which they are thus unnaturally in- 

 troduced; and who, perhaps, dislike the company 

 of these intruders. 



THE USKE 



Has its source on the northern side of the Carmar- 

 thenshire beacons, some miles above Trecastle, and, 

 receiving the waters of numerous small streams from 

 every side, flows eastward to the capital of the 

 county, and thence by the town of Crickhowel, a 

 little below which, it enters Monmouthshire. Its 

 waters abound with fish of various kinds ; especially 

 salmon and trout, for the latter of which it is much 

 celebrated. The angler, however, is recommended 

 not to commence operations until he reaches the 

 immediate neighbourhood of Crickhowel, as, be- 

 tween that town and Abergavenny the Clydach 

 flows into the Uske, and poisons its waters by the re- 

 fuse of the iron works which it carries down with it. 



