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Altliougli tlie rivers rumiing into the lake are .small, tliey 

 afford amusement to men who like fishing- rapid mountain 

 streams, running- over rocky boulders. And there is at the 

 outlet of the lake, too, a pretty length of river, containing 

 some nice trout that are worthy of the visitor's attention. 

 Kor should I omit the fact that the lessee at the hotel owns 

 three thousand acres of rough shooting on the mountians 

 close by, and that rabbits swarm and grouse crow on those 

 mountains, I can testifv^ upon the e\adence of my own see- 

 ino' and hearing-. Widoeon and wild duck breed in the 

 bays of the upper end of the lake,, and there once were 

 swans ; but, thank the saints and a pea rifle, the i)lace which 

 knew them knoweth them no more. 



Having said all I intend to say about the fishing, let me 

 add a word or two — wliicli those can skip who know all 

 about it — concerning the historj- of this lake. It was 

 formed for the purpose of furnishing Liverpool with a water 

 supply and only a few years ago there stood in this valley 

 the village of Llanwdd^ni, with its church and two chapels, 

 and farm homesteads dotted here and there. Where this 

 peaceful village stood there is now 70 feet of water ; the 

 dead from the churchyard have been carried up to a fresh 

 resting-place on the hillside, and there re-interred. AVhat 

 became of the living inhabitants of the sequestered valley 

 deponent sayeth not. They have disappeared entirely, and, 

 as if by the wand of a magician, this lovely dale has been 

 transformed into an anglers' paradise, and one more has 

 thus been added to our list of inland pleasure resorts. 

 London was first importuned to adopt this scheme of water 

 supply, but the Board of Works was too intent on jobbery — 

 the diluted sewage of the Thames was good enough for 

 them. Liverpool took what London refused, and Vatuw^^^ 

 yields them twelve millions of gallons per day, at a cost of 

 something over two millions sterling in capital expended. 



In looking over the official record of the slain, kept at the 

 hotel, I find that since the season opened, on March 26th, 

 there have been 3,085 trout taken on the lake up to Satur- 

 day last, June 27th, and the weight of these fish was 2 647 

 pounds. But what a moist place is this ! I thought Done- 



