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high repute for its salmon-fishing. The best time, in 

 the estimation of many anglers of great skill and experi- 

 ence, for throwing the fly for this fine fish, is after the 

 Michaelmas floods. The heavy fish are said to take the 

 fly greedily here in the month of October. The part of 

 the river between St. John's Pool and Derwent Lassy 

 is a very favourite spot. One pound is charged for 

 fishing one month, and five pounds for the season. The 

 coch-a-bonddu, and the black and red hackles, are held 

 in much esteem in this section of the Dovey. 



The town of Dolgelly is situated on the banks of the 

 river Avonvawr, which winds a devious course through 

 a mass of rude and peaked rocks of great altitude. 

 The scenery about this place fills the mind with 

 associations of loneliness and awe. The fishing is good, 

 and many dozens of trout can be readily taken in a few 

 hours. The fish are small. 



The travelling rod-fisher should suspend his amuse- 

 ment for a few hours, and pay a visit to the grea,t 

 Cader-Idris, the second mountain, in point of altitude, 

 in Wales. The most convenient place of ascent is from 

 Dolgelly. To the left of the road from this place to 

 Towyn, and at about three miles' distance from it, a 

 small gate leads to a narrow lane. This is the starting- 

 point. This ascent, to within two hundred yards of the 

 summit, may be made with a pony. 



When the full height is attained, the eye will have 

 the range of a circumference of full five hundred miles. 

 On the north-east, the tourist will see Ireland, Snowdon, 

 and the other mountains of Caernarvonshire, the Isle of 

 Man, the towns of Chester, Wrexham, and Salop ; the 

 pointed head of Wrekin, and the undulating tops of the 

 Clee Hills. To the south lie stretched out Clifton, 

 Pembrokeshire, St. David's, and Swansea — on the west 

 the vast prospect of the British Channel. In addition 

 to all those distant objects, we see, lying as it were at 

 our feet, a countless number of mountains, lakes, rivers, 

 harbours, towns, villages, and country-seats, scattered 

 with fascinating eifect over the extensive prospect. 



There are several important lakes in Merionethshire, 



