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upper part, the water is precipitated in an unbroken 

 sheet down a rock almost perpendicularly ; but be- 

 low, its course is varied by being directed over a 

 smooth and slanting bed. Its lofty banks are em- 

 bellished on both sides with fine trees; and the 

 different tints of the oak, birch, and hazel, scat- 

 tered around, and hanging from the bare rocks, 

 add an indescribable charm to the landscape. When 

 swollen by a heavy shower of rain, the cataract is 

 full twenty yards wide ; and the masses of rock 

 carried along with it, and lodged at its base at dif- 

 ferent times, throw it foaming in all directions, till 

 collecting its waters into a deep basin, in the centre 

 of a very rugged channel, it rushes down a narrow 

 glen. 



This fall is a few miles from Llanwrst. As may 

 be supposed, from its being a tributary to the Con- 

 way, there is excellent fishing in portions of the 

 Llugwy down to its junction with that river, par- 

 ticularly after a summer shower, The fish are similar 

 to those found in the Conway. 



LAKES OF CAERNARVONSHIRE. 



SNOWDON. 



Around this " king of hills" are many lakes of 

 crystal water, plentifully stored with trout, &c., 

 as are all the brooks that issue from them. Of 

 these fish, some are peculiar to alpine waters, 

 while others are of extraordinary conformation; 



