PRINCIPAL FISHING STATIONS. 125 



The LUG, the SOMERGIL, and the ARROW, are all 

 tributary to the Wye, but do not join it in this 

 county. 



The principal Fishing Stations are, 



ABEREDW four miles and a half from Builth, at the 

 mouth of the river Eddwy where it joins the Wye. 

 This little stream is famous for its trout and eels. 

 Within the short distance of a quarter of a mile from 

 the village, are many objects of great interest. The 

 churchyard is bounded on one side by a steep 

 precipice, at the base of which flows the Eddwy, 

 which from this point winds through a narrow defile 

 of rocks rising on one side to a height of nearly 

 three hundred feet, and romantically varied by 

 alternate stratifications of naked cliffs and green- 

 sward, partially concealed by hanging woods ; on 

 the other side, the rocks, though their elevation is 

 inferior, have a more striking character. Here a 

 bold projecting cliff threatens with immediate 

 destruction the traveller passing beneath it ; there 

 a perpendicular wall of solid rock, upwards of one 

 hundred feet in height, presents its unbroken front, 

 richly mantled with mosses, ivy, and other parasiti- 

 cal plants, and in the clefts of which the larger birds 

 build their nests. Among these rocks is a rude 

 excavation about six feet square, called " Llewellyn's 

 Cave," said to have been occasionally used as a place 

 of refuge by that brave but unfortunate prince.* 



* At a short distance north-west from the church, and at the 

 head of this glen, was a castle, the ruins of which are yet 



