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mon. I know that you consider this to be, generally 

 speaking, a tolerable fishing river ; what do they 

 say of its present supply ? 



T/ieoph. There are, without doubt, many sal- 

 mon now in it, though the first good freshet will 

 greatly increase their numbers. It at all times 

 abounds with small common trout, and white 

 trout or morts, as they are called ; sea-trout 

 rather later in the season ; plenty of par and eels ; 

 and many fine and delicious-flavoured flounders 

 are to be taken in the upper parts of it. The 

 worst of this, as a salmon river, is, as with many 

 others, the uncertainty of its supply of water ; a 

 little rain soon fills it, but as soon again it becomes 

 low, although it may be said to have five principal 

 sources, the Llugwy from Carnedd David and 

 Llyn Capel Curig, the Lledar, from Moel Shabod, 

 the Machno from Penmachno, its proper source 

 from Llyn Conway, and the nameless streams 

 skirting the mail-coach road from the mountainous 

 plains between Cernioge Inn and Pentre Veolas, 

 besides many inferior contributors during wet 

 weather. One great recommendation to it at the 

 present time is, that, (with the exception of two 

 pools a long way up above Bettws, not other- 

 wise " fishable," owing to the quantity of timber 

 about them, namely, the " Beaver" and " Tyn y 

 Cai" pools, and where they do no more than 

 drag occasionally) no nets have desecrated its 



