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spot. One pound is charged for fishing one 

 month, and five pounds for the season. The 

 Cach-y-bondu and the black and red hackles are 

 favourites in this section of the Dovey. 



The town of Dolgelly is situated on the banks 

 of the river Avonvawr, which winds its course 

 through defiles of mountains of rugged and 

 sublime elevation. Everything here is calculated 

 to inspire the angler with the most delightful 

 feelings. The sport in this stream is first-rate ; 

 ten or twelve dozen of trout are soon caught, 

 and though not generally large, they afford a 

 good share of respectable sport. 



Should the angler feel inclined to ascend the 

 great Cader-Idris, the second mountain in point 

 of height in Wales, he will enjoy a most 

 delightful view of an immense range of country. 

 The eye will glance over a circumference of full 

 five hundred miles. On the north-east, he will 

 see Ireland, Snowdon, and the other mountains 

 of Caernarvonshire, the Isle of Man, the neigh- 

 bourhood of Chester, Wrexhani, and Salop, the 

 pointed head of the Wrekin, and the undulating 

 tops of the Clee Hills. To the south we can 

 recognise Clifton, Pembrokeshire, St. David's, 

 and Swansea. On the west, the vast prospect 

 of the British Channel. In addition to these 

 distant objects, we see, lying as it were at our 



