THE ANGLER'S SOUVENIR. 



'95 



A little further in front, the canal issues out 

 of the river, where a semicircular weir of great 

 extent dams up the broad stream. It is worth 

 while to cross the rickety old structure known as 

 the chain-bridge, and to ascend to the Berwyn 

 Station to see the view up the river, which, with 

 its reaches of water seen between distant woods, 

 should be drawn by Birket Foster. 



Below the chain-bridge are two gorges, through 

 which the whole river foams : although their 

 names, the Cow's Leap and the Robber's Leap, 

 indicate their narrowness. Below each of these 

 is a whirling and eddying pool, where minnow- 

 spinning has often proved deadly to the trout. 

 We baited with the smallest of our gudgeons, and 

 in the lower pool, notwithstanding the brightnesn 

 of the day and the clearness of the water, we 

 hooked and landed a trout of a pound and a 

 quarter in weight, which is much above the 

 average weight of trout in the Dee. Then wo 

 mounted our flies, and carefully picking our way 

 over the uneven rocks, we fished the best of the 

 streams and pools down to the " Llan," arriving 

 at the town with a couple of dozen trout, all small 

 a bag which was by no means a contemptiblo 

 one for the Dee, which in its open portions is 

 considerably overfished. 



After dinner we again started, while the others 

 strolled in the garden of the " Royal," and threw 

 pebbles at the rising trout in the still pool above 



