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FLINTSHIRE. 



The principal rivers are the Dee, the Clwyd, and 

 the Alyn. 



The principal Fishing Stations are, 



BODVARI, four miles from Denbigh : this village 

 is pleasantly situated near the confluence of the 

 rivers Clwyd and Whielor. Excellent salmon and 

 trout. 



HANMER, five miles from Ellesmere. It was an- 

 ciently called Handmere, and subsequently Han- 

 mere, from a spacious mere, or lake, in form resem- 

 bling a human hand, on one side of which the 

 village is pleasantly situated. 



HOPE, twelve miles and a half from Flint, on the 

 northern side of the river Alyn. 



YSCEIVIOG, three miles and a half from Holy well, 

 on the Clwyd. 



NANNERCH, five miles from Holywell, near the 

 source of the river Whielor. 



RHUDDLAN, sixteen miles from Flint, on the 

 Clwyd. 



ST. ASAPH, eighteen miles from Mold, on the 

 Elwy. 



CWM, three miles from Ruddlan, on the Clwyd, 

 a village in a sequestered hollow, enclosed by lofty 

 hills, from whence is a fine prospect over the fertile 

 vale of Clwyd. 



TOWYN ABERGELAN, twelve miles from Denbigh, 

 on the Gelan. 



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