206 PRINCIPAL FISHING STATIONS. 



LLYN Y DINAS, the " Lake of the Fort." 

 LLYN GWYNAN, " Gwynan's Lake." 

 LLYN GLASLYN, the " Azure Lake." 

 LLYN COCH, the " Red Lake," on Bron y Fedw 

 farm, on the west side of Snowdon hill, connected 

 with Llyn Glas by a stream. 



LLYN DU YR ARDDW, the "Black Lake of Arddw," 

 further to the north, in Cwm Brwynog farm. 



LAKES OF NANTLLE, situated in a romantic valley, 

 are each near a mile in length, divided by an isth- 

 mus twenty yards wide. On the right of the lakes, 

 at the foot of Cader Idris, is an ancient stone 

 edifice, where Edward the First, delighted with the 

 spot, frequently spent a fortnight. 



The Nantlle lakes still contain fish, but they have 

 been greatly injured by the influx of water from the 

 copper works. 



NANT GWYNAN, to the right of Bwlch yr Eis- 

 teddfa, or the " Pass of the Irishmen," is a grand 

 cascade descending from Fynnon Las, a large pool 

 in one of the chasms of Snowdon. The fall appears 

 about three hundred feet high, and it forms the 

 river Glaslyn. A short distance farther, is the vale 

 of Nant Gwynan, a rich spot, embellished by fine 

 woods, and two pools of considerable magnitude, 

 covering, probably, two thousand acres of ground. 

 These lakes, and the river Glaslyn, contain beau- 

 tiful fish. 



LLYN CWELLYN. During the winter season, the 

 red char, a species of fish which is principally con- 

 fined to Winander Mere and Coniston Water, two 



