150 PRINCIPAL FISHING STATIONS. 



LLANGYNOG, on the Tanat, eight miles from 

 Llanvyllin. 



ABERAVESP, three miles from Newtown, at the 

 confluence of the Havesp with the Severn. 



BETTWS, four miles from Newtown, a pleasant 

 village near the junction of the Bechan with the 

 Severn. The road leading from Brynderwen Bridge 

 to Garthmael is very beautiful ; the high grounds 

 on the north side are richly planted, from the 

 base to the summit, with trees and shrubs of 

 various kinds; and the scenery, enlivened by the 

 meandering of the river Severn, presents, especially 

 in the autumn, when every variety of tint is seen to 

 advantage on the wood-crowned heights, one of the 

 most pleasing and interesting spectacles in this part 

 of the principality.* 



* On the summit of a lofty conical hill, commanding an 

 extensive prospect of the Vale of Severn and the surrounding 

 country, is Castle Dol y Vorwyn, or " the Castle of the Virgin's 

 Meadow." The name is supposed to allude to the traditionary 

 story of Havren, daughter of Locrinus, king of Britain ; 

 who, having married Essylt, in violation of a former pledge 

 given to Gwenddolan, daughter of Corineus, who had accom- 

 panied Brutus into Britain, was compelled, by a threat of 

 hostilities, to fulfil his engagement to the latter ; and, con- 

 cealing Essylt, whom he pretended to have banished from the 

 kingdom, he married Gwenddolan. On the death of Corineus, 

 Locrinus divorced her, and declared Essylt queen ; but when 

 Gwenddolan succeeded to the throne, on Locrinus's death, she, 

 in retaliation, caused her rival, together with her daughter 

 Havren, to be drowned in the river Severn. From this cir- 

 cumstance, the river is supposed to have derived its name ori- 

 ginally : " Ys Havren," and by contraction Severn ; from 

 whence are deduced the Latin name Sabrina, and the English 

 Severn. LEWIS. 



