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corner where there is an interesting view to be 

 obtained. There is also a lake up among the 

 hills, about three miles from this, where the 

 salmo-f erox is sometimes caught ; but, although 

 I tried it twice, with all kinds of flies and par- 

 tail, I could not even obtain a rise or an offer. 

 At the Waterloo Inn (William's), near the Iron 

 Bridge of the same name, you can have good 

 quarters as a fishing place, and at moderate 

 charges. The Falls of the Conway and the 

 Swallow Falls, are interesting. The proprietor 

 is Lord Willoughby de Eresby. 



(GERMANY). 



This river, the valley of which is so cele- 

 brated for its picturesque scenery, is about 

 eighteen miles from Bonn, on the Rhine. The 

 finest part of it is, certainly, at a small village, 

 Altenahr, situated quite close to the river, the 

 rocks from its sides rise in some places nearly 

 300 feet perpendicularly the view from the 

 old castle the turnings and windings of the 

 river make it altogether a most interesting place. 



