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about the spelling and there we all took tea. 

 We looked in at the little Welsh church perched 

 on a hill overlooking the town. We rambled 

 down to the River Elwy, which passes through 

 this village, and on through the most charming 

 scenery. The River Elwy is said to be full of 

 fish, but in this dreary month of August it is not 

 fishable, the water being too low and almost 

 stagnant for any chance of fly-fishing, as our good 

 Major has proved lower down and nearer to the 

 sea, where it flows into the River Clwyd. At 

 this point many sea- trout have recently been 

 caught with the worm, but that is a style of 

 fishing not appreciated by a fly-fisher. 



We returned by another and a glorious route 

 through the Vale of Llanfair. The road takes us 

 mainly along the side of a range of hills, and 

 through a wood overlooking the beautiful vale 

 through which the Elwy winds its way, and gives 

 us glimpses of the rugged and opposing hills. 

 The most interesting part is the Bryn-y-pin Pass : 

 from that point there is a grand opening up of 

 wild mountain scenery. It so happened that the 

 afternoon proved an ideal one for passing 

 through this most picturesque bit of wild coun- 

 try, which has not inappropriately been called 

 " The Switzerland of Wales." Our drive through 

 the woods was enlivened by the singing of Welsh 

 hymns and English songs by a party of youths 

 and maidens on the coach their clear, sweet 



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