184 CORACLE FISHING ON THE DEE. 



LLYN ALET*, the source of the Alet, about 

 eight miles east of Llanwrst, is enclosed on almost 

 every side by mountains covered with barren heath. 

 It has fine trout and eels. 



LLYN MOELURE, about eight miles from Llanwrst : 

 this and the former one, have fine streams flowing 

 in and out of them. The latter are well stocked 

 with trout and eels. 



A LAKE near Llansannon. 



LLYN LLYMBUN, the source of the Bachan River, 

 not far from Nant Llyn. 



CHWTH LLYN, the source of the Clodwen, about 

 five miles from Llanwrst. 



LLYN CONWAY, the source of the Conway ; a 

 beautiful sheet of water, well stocked with fish. 



LLYN SERNE, the source of the Serne, near Llyn 

 Conway. 



CORACLE FISHING ON THE DEE. 



As the Dee is a river much encumbered with 

 wood, and of very considerable breadth, after it 

 issues from Bala Lake, it is difficult to fish it from 

 the sides with any chance of success. In this river 

 w r e have often used the coracle with success. This 

 light bark, says a correspondent of the Old Sporting 

 Magazine f , enables the fisherman to float down the 



* Johnson says, a trout taken in Llyn Alet, in Derbyshire, 

 which is famous for its excellent kind, was singularly marked 

 and shaped. It measured seventeen inches in length, depth 

 three inches and three quarters, and weight one pound ten 

 ounces. Sporting Dictionary. 



f Vol. v. 3d series. 



