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good angling stream, and falls into the sea at New- 

 port. The Gwayn and the Solva are not of any im- 

 portance to the angler. On the whole, however, this 

 is a very interesting part of Wales for the angler. 



GLAMORGANSHIRE. 



The general course of all the rivers in this Welsh 

 county is from north to south. The Romney takes 

 its rise from the north-east section of Glamorgan- 

 shire, and separates it from Monmouthshire. It 

 runs a course of full thirty miles, and receives no 

 tributaries worthy of notice. There are excellent 

 trout in it ; and its hanks are very interesting. 



The Taffis considered the largest river in the 

 county, and it springs from Brecknockshire, 

 between two mountains called Cn.pellan.te and 

 Vau, and flows a south-eastern direction, past 

 Merthyr-Tydvil, Llandaif, and Cardiff, into 

 Pennarth Harbour. The course of the river is 

 about forty miles. It has several tributaries: 

 the Little Toff, twelve miles long, the Cynon, 

 about the same extent, and the Great Routha, 

 about ten miles in extent. All these feeders 

 take their rise in the county. The Ely is also a 

 tributary, and has a course of nearly twenty miles. 



The vale of Glamorganshire is .considered 

 the garden of South Wales. The Taff, rapid in 

 its movements, and clear and purling in its 



