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gal took the cake for rain, but commend me to Nortli 

 Wales. With the exception of Sunday — which is always 

 fine, when no angling- is allowed — it has been raining- and 

 blowing- great guns fi-oni the south-west ever since Wed- 

 nesday in last week, and after seven days of blustering wet 

 gales there a])pears no likelihood of fine weather. 



In spite of the gales and dehiges of rain which marred 

 this holiday in Xorth Wales, and rendered it almost impos- 

 sible to keep a boat afloat on Lake Y}Tnwy, we made the 

 following scores :— Friday (half day), 9 trout, Tibs. 4oz. ; 

 Saturday, 16 trout, 141bs. 8oz. ; Monday, 17 trout, 141bs. 

 8oz. ; Tuesday (half day), 12 trout, lOlbs. 13oz. ; Wed- 

 nesday (half day), 5 trout, 21bs. Goz. ; Thursday, 17 trout, 

 151bs. 12oz. Should any of my readers be on the lookout 

 for a lovely spot in which to spend a holiday, either by 

 themselves or with their wives, I cordially recommend them 

 to try Lake V3TnT\y. 



As a Sunday walk, I went on tramp to the upper end of 

 the lake. At the head of the valley of the Y^Tnwj- we 

 come to the approach of the well-stocked and beautiful 

 grouse moor, situated upon the south side of the Bala range 

 of mountains. The shooting tenants, with their guests, 

 make the Lake Hotel their headquarters when on the war- 

 path, and the road to the moor lies through a deep gorge, 

 shut in by towering mountains, with terrible Welsh names, 

 not the worst of them being Hirddu Fa^Ty, Aran Glenllyn, 

 and Mawddy ! Through this deep defile a charming trout 

 s ream — the Eurant — rattles merrily over a rocky course, 

 and eventually expends its force and loses itself in the deep 

 waters of the big lake. IS^othing short of practical experi- 

 ence would enable you to appreciate either its natural 

 beauties, or the villainous shortcomings of an adjacent 

 thoroughfare ! But all thino-s have an end, and so 

 we presently arrive at the "keeper's tree," and thus 

 realise that the foot of the moor has almost been reached. 

 There are a good array of culprits displayed upon the 

 "keeper's tree," but grey-backed crows and ravens pre- 

 ponderate, although a considerable number of the hawk 

 tribe are included amongst the slain, A comfortable cot- 



