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LLYN AFANGI, "the Beaver's Pool," a wide, still 

 deep piece of water, just below the confluence of 

 the Conway and the Lleder, formerly the resort of 

 the animal whose name it bears, and whose skin 

 was more highly prized in Wales than that of the 

 ermine. 



LLYN GAMMEL, LLYN MAONOD, in the vale of 

 Festniog : frequented by sportsmen, particularly the 

 first; the trout and eels caught here being well- 

 flavoured. 



LLYN COWLID, a large lake, the source of the 

 Daly garrog, a beautiful stream which falls into the 

 Conway, near Llanbedreenyn, about five miles from 

 Llanwrst. 



LLYN'Y ELIDERVAWR; LLYN CERRIG, close to 

 Capel Cerrig : these lakes are connected with Llyn 

 Idwel, by the river Llugwy. 



LLYN TAL Y LLYN, a large lake near Llanwrst. 



LLYN CRAFNANT, a fine lake in the same neigh- 

 bourhood. 



LLYN Y CWN, the Pool of Dogs." This Alpine 

 lake was first made generally known from the as- 

 sertion of Giraldus Cambrensis, that it contained a 

 singular kind of trout, perch, and eels which all 

 wanted the left eye. Few persons seem to have 

 given credit to this account. Mr. Edward Lloyd, 

 however, says, that a Caernarvonshire fisherman 

 informed him he had several times caught monocular 

 trout in Llyn y Cwn, and that these had all a dis- 

 tortion of the spine. The Honourable Daines Bar- 

 rington also declares that, on accurate enquiry, 

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