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months of Auguft and September, is from 

 one to eighteen pounds. In October, they 

 become much larger, but the flavour of 

 thefe are not efleemed fo fine as the fmaller 

 ones. 



The fifhery, I have been informed, is 

 the property of a Mr. Wynne, who lets it 

 to the fifhermen, at the rent of twelve 

 pounds a year. The fim are fold on the 

 fpot generally at threepence or fourpence a 

 pound. 



In the reign of Henry IV. this was a 

 royal wear, and was then rented by Robert 

 ap Meredydd, It is not improbable, that 

 in old times, it might belong to the princes 

 of Wales, for falmon was the mod ufeful 

 and valuable filh the Welfh had. It was 

 reckoned amongfl the game, and was per- 

 haps the only fpecies of fim that was pre- 

 ferved by their laws.* 



* Wynne's Memoirs of the G'wydir family, p. 387. 

 Pennant's tour II. 192. 



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