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and singularly situated near Llanvichangel-nant- 

 Melan, two miles and a half from New Radnor. 

 LLYN BYCHLLYN, near Paniscastle. Trout, eels, 



& 



LLYN GWINGY, on the borders of Cardigan. 

 Trout, eels, fyc. 



LLYN HENDWELL, a small lake, abounding with 

 trout and eels, near Old Radnor. 



CARDIGANSHIRE. 



" Sith I must stem thy stream, clear Tivy, yet before 

 The Muse vouchsafe to seize the Cardigian shore, 

 She of thy source will sing in all the Cambrian coast ; 

 Which of thy castors once, but now can only boast 

 The salmons of all floods most plentiful in thee. 

 Dear brook, within thy banks if any powers there be ; 

 Then, Naiads, or ye nymphs of their like wat'ry kind, 

 Unto whose care great Neptune hath assigned 

 The guidance of those brooks wherein he takes delight, 

 Assist her ; and while she your dwelling shall recite, 

 Be present in her work ; let her your graces view 

 That to succeeding times them lively she may shew." 



DRAYTON. 



The rivers of Cardigan are exceedingly numerous, 

 there being no valley unwatered by a fine stream ; 

 they afford plenty of the finest salmon, salmon trout, 

 sewin, trout, samlets, scarlings, eels, &c. 



The principal of these is the Teivi, which rises 

 from Llyn-Teivi, or Teivy pool, on the mountain 

 about two miles north of Strata Florida. It issues 



