SCOTLAND. 311 



Btbers of >outf) 

 BRECKNOCKSHIRE. The Wye and the Uske. 

 CARDIGANSHIRE. The Tyvy, Rydel, Dovey, and 



Wyra. 



CAERMARTHENSHIRE. The Towy, Tyvey, and Taff. 

 GLAMORGANSHIRE. The Elwy, Tawy, Rumney, Taff, 



and Neath. 



PEMBROKSHIRE. The Twyvy and the Cleddy. 

 RADNORSHIRE. The Wye and the Teme. 



SCOTLAND. 



And here awhile the Muse, 

 Iligh-hovering o'er the broad cerulean scene, 

 Sees CALEDONIA in romantic view; 

 Her airy mountains, from the waving main 

 Invested with a keen diffusive sky, 

 Breathing the soul acute ; her forests huge, 

 Incult, robust, and tall, by Nature's hand 

 Planted of old ; her azure lakes between, 

 Pour'd out extensive, and of wat'ry wealth 

 Full ; winding deep and green, her fertile vales ; 

 With many a cool, translucent, brimming flood 

 Wash'd lovely, from the Tweed (pure parent stream) 

 To where the north-inflated tempest foams 

 O'er Orca's or Betubium's highest peak. 



Thompson. 



THERE is perhaps no country in Europe, taking all 

 things into the account, its comparatively limited extent, 

 number and length of streams, size of lakes, etc., etc., so 

 favourable for the purposes of the angler, as Scotland. 

 Every little river, burn, torrent, or creek, however 



