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to in the months of August and September at 

 this time there are some sea trout, a good many 

 about three-quarters of a pound, and although 

 there are salmon, which are fished for very as- 

 siduously, I never saw one taken by the rod the 

 whole time I was here. There is a net fishing 

 at the bridge of the Caldron Pont-y-pain, 

 about two miles up the river, and, after a flood, 

 they occasionally take two or three of a morning, 

 below the salmon leap, beneath the bridge. I 

 was told there are often large fish here late in 

 the year. You are obliged to pay about 8s. 

 per day for your fishing. I declined to do so 

 till I saw some others get sport this, however, 

 was so meagre, that I did not put up my salmon 

 rod, and, even when I went a good way up the 

 river, I could make little of the trout. I also 

 tried other rivers in the vicinity, Llugwy, etc., 

 and had no better success one is much amused 

 by seeing all the appendages of a salmon fisher 

 rod, flies twisted round the hat, wading boots 

 and gaff, borne along by many a fine youth ; 

 but, in the evening, it was generally all in vain. 

 The scenery all about this part is well worth 

 notice, and it seems a favourite place of resort 

 for artists, who are found ensconced in every 



