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CONWAY RIVER.
THIS river has its source in that mountainous tract which separates, the counties of Denbigh and Carnarvon from Merionethshire; from whence it takes a northerly course by the village of Yspytty Efan, near which place it is crossed by the Holyhead Mail Road; having in its way received the waters of the Llygwy, it pursues a north-easterly route to Llanrwst, whence, at high water, it continues navigable to its fall into the sea, about a mile below the Conway Suspension Bridge. Conway Harbour, situated at the mouth of this river, is well protected from the north and east, by the promontory called Great Orme's Head, but is fit only for vessels of small burthen, and the channel is very difficult to navigate.

The length of this navigation is about thirteen miles and a half. Being a tideway river, and not being the subject of any parliamentary enactment, it is toll free; and is chiefly used for the trade of Conway and Llanrwst.

COOMBE HILL CANAL.
32 George III. Cap. 83, Royal Assent 11th June, 1792.

THIS canal proceeds from the River Severn at Fletcher's Leap, in the parish of Deerhurst, in nearly a straight course, to Coombe Hill, a village situate about seven miles from Gloucester, on the road to Tewkesbury. It is three miles and a half in length, with a rise of 15 feet, and was made under the authority of an act, entitled, An Act for making and maintaining a navigable Canal from the foot of Coombe Hill, in the parish of Leigh, in the county of Gloucester, to join tire River Severn, at or near a place called Fisher's otherwise Fletcher's Leap, in the parish of Deerhurst, in the said county, at the sole expense of T. Burges and W. Miller, Esquires, and Mrs. Sarah Mumford.

The principal object proposed was the shortening and rendering more cheap, the communication between the River Severn and the town of Cheltenham, which is about five miles distant from