160 RIVERS OF MERIONETHSHIRE. 



MERIONETHSHIRE. 



" And since each one is praised for her peculiar things, 

 So MERVINIA is rich in mountains, lakes, and springs ; 

 And holds herself as great in her superfluous waste, 

 As others by their towns and fruitful tillage graced. 

 And therefore to recount her rivers from their springs, 

 Abridging all delays, MERVINIA thus begins." 



DRAYTON. 



The principal rivers are, the Dee, the Maw, the 

 Dovey, the Dwyryd, and the Dysynni : there are also 

 the Worrion, the Traethbach, the Maesypandy*, the 

 Dyffryngwn, the Diflas, the Cwmcelli, the Cowarch, 

 the Twrch, the Llew, the Dee, the Bychan, the 

 Treweryn, the Lymauduon, the Eden, and the 

 Cain ; besides a hundred other nameless streams, 

 Merionethshire, and the neighbouring county of 

 Carnarvon, may be truly named the Paradise of 

 anglers, the whole district being diversified with 

 woods, lakes, rivers, torrents, cataracts, and all 

 the varied decorations of nature in her wildest 

 garb. 



THE DEE 



Has its source within a short distance of Bala lake, 

 which it soon enters a little below Llamrwchyllyn : 

 issuing from this extensive sheet of water near the 

 town of Bala, it takes a north-north-east direction 

 through the beautiful vale of Edeyrnion, and, after- 

 wards passing the town of Corwen, flows through 



* A beautiful trout stream. 



