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EADNOESHIEE. 



" Oh ! sylvan Wye ! thou wanderer through the woods, 

 How often has my spirit turned to thee ! 

 Once again I see these hedge-rows, hardly hedge-rows now, 

 Little lines of sportive wood run wild ; these pastoral forms, 

 Green to the very door ; and wreaths of smoke, 

 Sent up in silence from among the trees ! 

 With some uncertain notice, as might seem, 

 Of vagrant dwellers in the houseless woods, 

 Or of some hermit's cave, where by his fire 

 The hermits sits alone." 



WORDSWORTH. 



The beautiful and romantic scenery, and good 

 angling to be met with in this part of Wales, 

 make it a favourite spot to many English sports- 

 men. 



The Wye is the principal river in the county. 

 It rises from Plynlimraon, and after a run of 

 eighteen miles, enters Kadnorshire on the north- 

 west. It then shapes its course towards the 

 town of Hay, and forms the boundary between 

 Eadnorshire and Breconshire. As far as the 

 village of Eydspence, the Wye forms also the 

 boundary-line between Eadnorshire and Here- 

 fordshire. The Elian, which rises in the moun- 

 tainous grounds on the borders of Cardiganshire, 

 joins its waters with those of the Wye. The 

 scenery of the Elian is magnificent. 



The most romantic route, connected with 



