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This lake also contains excellent eels. It is situated 

 five miles from Capel Aerig. The river Ogwen also 

 abounds with trout, and with salmon in its season ; 

 but though the former vary according to the different 

 soils through which the river flows, it is never 

 found of the same colour and taste with the trout of 

 the lake. 



LAKE OF CWM IDWEL, at the bottom of an im- 

 mense precipice above one hundred yards in per- 

 pendicular height ; the hollow in which the lake is 

 situated is called Cwm Idwel : it is close to the 

 former. Like most of the pools in these hills, it 

 is well stored with fish, in colour darker than those 

 of Ogwen, neither are they so well tasted. This is 

 however of no moment to the sportsman. 



LLYN CWM CYWION, a small pool, from which 

 runs " the ^Chicken's Brook," It is a famous place 

 for harbouring grouse. 



LLYN FFYNNON LIGWY, at the foot of Carnedd 

 Llewelyn, contains plenty of trout 



LLANBERIS LAKES. These two beautiful pools are 

 connected by a canal, called Bala' r-ddeulyn, " the 

 junction of the two lakes." The copper works which 

 stand on the shore of the upper pool, have destroyed 

 most of the fish in both, especially the char, with 

 which they formerly abounded. It was remarked, 

 that some of these fish were caught in the sea at the 

 mouths of rivers on this coast, after they disap- 

 peared from the lakes. 



On the east side of Snowdon, in the vale of Nan- 

 hwynen, are three lakes, viz. 



