extract:—
" Killgeran, formerly famous for its Castle built by Clirahlus, is govern'd by a Portreeve di Bailiffs, and noted for great plenty of Salmon caught here: for the River Tivy falling headlong suddenly at this place, forms a famous Salmon Leap; the Salmon making up from the Sea to the Shallows, when they come to this Cataract, bend their Tails to their Mouths, and sometimes, that they may leap with the greater force, hold them with their Teeth, and then disengaging themselves from the circle with a certain violence, they raise themselves from the Water up to a great height: to the great admiration of the Spectators."
The above is the description of Kilgerran printed on the
margin of "An accurate Map of Pembrokethire, drawn from actual survey. Illustrated with historical extra* relative to its natural products . . . . . . by T. Kitchin, Geogr." The plate was dedicated to Sir William Owen, and peblished by T. Bowles, St. Paul's Churchyard, in 1760 (circa).—I am,
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