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the angler ascend the river, he will find the vale 

 hy its banks the most enchanting and lovely 

 imaginable. It is enclosed with lofty mountains, 

 and covered with the most luxuriant foliage to 

 their very summits. The stream flows through 

 huge masses of rock, forming sparkling and 

 foaming patches of running water, and giving to 

 the whole landscape that fascinating character 

 which brings to our minds the lines of the Bard 

 of Avon : * 



" is not this vale 



More free from peril than the envious court ? 

 Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, 

 The season's difference, as the icy fang, 

 And churlish chiding of the winter's wind." 



The angling is good in every direction, especially 

 for minnow in summer, after a little fresh in the 

 river. Flies of a tolerably large size may here 

 be used with success. 



As the angler proceeds up the stream, he will 

 come to the interesting pass called " The Devil's 

 Bridge." This is a structure of two arches over 

 a deep chasm, in a chain of mountains of con- 

 siderable elevation, whose sides are generally 

 covered with a thick impenetrable mist. The 

 river Mynach, which runs into the Kyclal, flows 

 beneath, and is full of small trout. This is one 

 of the most romantic spots imaginable. The 



