The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-11 00:00:00

A WELSH FISHERMAN.

Our first thought on arriving (folio iv the habit, it is a
good one) was to send for a fisherman. Were I possessed
of that essential and most useful (for it fills up) talent to a
novelist, description, I would draw his portrait ; as it is,
you must be satisfied with a silhouette. Suffice it to say,
that he had lost his left arm, and was apparently seventy
years of age, rather short than tall, and answering Tacitus's
description of Agricola, " calvus et gracilis senex." (A
Roman emperor and a Welsh fisherman—what a strange
idea to come into the head !) His costume was a brown
serge jacket, with large pockets, and leggings of the same
material. The lines of his face expressed hard labour, and
care was engraven on his brow. He' spoke English, not
only without any Gallicisms, but with elegance. His easy
and unembarrassed manners showed an acquaintance with
the world, and the tones of his voice (there is no better
criterion by which to detect vulgarity) were modulated and
pleasing. How easy it is, by the commonest sentence that
proceeds out of the mouth, to know a man of education. I
entertained no doubt, and will allow you to be as sceptical
as you choose, that the blood of the Cadwalladers ran in
his veins, or perhaps, like Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, that
he could trace his pedigree from Gomer, one of the sons of
Noah, I believe—

"'Tomas quickly seen,
Whate'er he was—'twas not what he had been."

He told us that he had been fishing A day in the Severn,
and that it was (as I verily believe it to be) a very indif-
ferent river (strange that he should be so candid !) He
advised us not to waste our time in tracing its course, and
ended by complaining of a new weir of Lord that
effectually prevented the salmon, once abundant as high as
Lllanydloes, from making their way to the spawning grounds.
We asked to see his flies. They were well made, and I
bought of him two dozen, at a reasonable rate : no common
occurrence, for at Rayader we were asked sixpence a-piece
for salmon-flies, which were uni-coloured, plain-looking
things, mostly of the grouse. hackle. Our piscator recom-
mended our proceeding straight to the Bcgalen pool ; de-
at our expense ; and wishing us sport, left us.
clined dining
I should, had he been an Italian, have left him with an
" a rivederlo."—.lledwin's Angler in Wales.

EXTRAORDINARY METEOR, 111 this town, on
Monday evening, at sixteen minutes past six o'clock, ap-
peared, about forty-five degrees above the N. N. E. borizon,
and at an inconsiderable elevation, a bright and beautiful me-
teor. It descended over a space of somewhat more than
twenty degrees; a train of momentary brightness marked its
course, and as it became extinct, a cloud of azure-coloured
vapour was evolved, which forming into an elegantasit
t psaosrstagoef
spiral, slowly arose on high. The most remarkable circum-
stance, perhaps, connected with its ascent, was
through a considerable strata of watery clouds, apparently un-
affected by the current of air which impelled them briskly
along. As it emerged above them it again became visible, and
some minutes elapsed ere the last trace of its existence passed
away amid an upper strata of light and streaky vapour, which
partially overspread the sky.—Shrewsbury Chronicle.