the singular bridges which lead to that place and Newport. The Elwy and the Sorwy, rising in the mountainous tract towards the north-west, and after their union passing through the well wooded park of Tredegar, enter the marshes below that place, and join the Uske at its mouth, where all contribute to enlarge the Bristol Channel.

The WYE parts this county from Gloucestershire, and runs by the town of Monmouth until it joins the Severn below Chepstow. The MoNow, which divides this county from Herefordshire, runs on the other side of Monmouth, and joins the Wye; besides these, there are the rivers Trothy, Lug, and Gavenny.

The Salmon, Trout, Salmon Trout, and Grayling, are (excepting the Salmon of the USKE) very excellent, are found in great abundance in all the rivers, and afford great sport to the Angler. The Method of improving the Salmon caught in the Uske, and practised at Caerleon is, so soon as the Fish is caught in the adjacent River, it is conveyed to the Town, and if sold, the Purchaser, after cutting it into pieces of a convenient size, parboils it in Spring Water; after this, the pieces are allowed to cool, and when required for the Table, they are boiled in the former Liquor. The Fish, it appears, must be parboiled immediately after it is taken, or at the farthest before the Tide returns; and, unless this Precaution can be adopted, they tell you," the Salmon is good for Nothing."

Morfolk.

THE YARE rises near Attleborough, receives the Wensum, the Tase, and some other small streams at and near Norwich, and becoming navigable there, flows to Yarmouth, and having received the Waveney and the Bure, united with the Thyrn, (which rises near Holt, and forms a Lake in its passage from North Walsham,) discharges itself into the German Ocean below that town.

The OUSE divides this county from Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, and after receiving the Little Ouse, empties itself into Lynn deeps. The source of the WAVENEY is separated from that of the Ouse, only by a causeway; it joins the Yare a little above Yarmouth, and is navigable from Bungay. The Bure, joined by other streams from the north-east, meets the Yare in Yarmouth, and is navigable up its several branches to Aylsham, Walsham, &c. The Duze runs by Catton. The Yare is remarkable for abounding in that particular fish called the Ruffe, and all the rivers produce fine fish of almost every kind: their Perch are peculiarly famous. These rivers flowing through a nearly level country, their streams are slow, and in many parts diffuse themselves over the lower tracts in their course, forming shallow lakes, called here BROADS. These are most plentifully stored with fish, and the Pike, Tench, Perch, and Eels, grow to an immense size in them. The Angler in the waters of this County cannot fail of diversion.

Northamptonshire.

THE highest ground in this county is the neighbourhood of Daventry, where the NYNE, the LEAM, and the CHERWELL, rise very near each other, but they pursue very different courses. The Nyne, or Nen, runs eastward, to Northampton, by Wellingborough to Wandesford and Peterborough, from whence it soon enters the Fens of Cambridgeshire, which it traverses in a north-east direction, spreading into various streams, one of which (being artificially drawn) leads to Wisbeach, which may be called the Port of the Nyne, and which river then divides Lincolnshire from Norfolk, as it advances to form the Wash of Cross Keys. The Leam flows westward, and uniting with the Cherwell, makes the west border, dividing this county from Oxfordshire.

The OUSE, rising near Brackley, partly waters this county, but soon leaves it, and enters Buckinghamshire; it discharges itself a few miles on the south-east of the Nyne, contributing to form the great Gulph between Norfolk and Lincolnshire.

The Welland runs on the north border of the county, and is navigable at Stamford in Lincolnshire, and from thence, by the help of locks, to Spalding.

These rivers supply a quantity of fish, Salmon, Smelts, Lampreys, &c. There is good angling for Trout in many parts of some of these streams, in others, the Pike, Perch, Tench, &c. are more plentiful and large. In the Cherwell is found the Rud.

Morthumberland.

THE TYNE originates in two considerable streams, called the North and South Tyne; the latter rises in the north edge of Cumberland, near Alston Moor, but soon enters this county, and after receiving the East and West Alon, joins the other branch a little above Hexham. The former rises near Bilkirk, at a mountain called the Tyne-head, in the western part of the county, from thence called Tyne-dale, and after receiving the Shele, joins the Read, (which has its Source in a Mountain called Readsquire,) near Bellingham, at a Hamlet called Read's Mouth, and then runs to the south-east till its junction with the South Tyne, when forming a large river, and flowing to Newcastle, it discharges itself into the German Ocean, beneath the walls of Tynmouth Castle.

The BLYTHE and the WENSBECK are two small rivers north of the Tyne, flowing nearly eastward from the centre of the county to the sea; the Port of Blythe is near the mouth of the former, and the latter passes the neat town of Morpeth.

The COQUET rises near the eastern border of Roxburghshire, but within the limits of this county, flowing south-east below Rothbury, and reaches the sea at Warkworth. The Hermitage of Warkworth, on the bank of this river, is a singular building, and is, perhaps, the only one of that description in England which is in high preservation; at Felton Bridge, which the Coquet passes, are taken excellent Trout, and Salmon.

The DERWENT rises north of the Weare, in the same range of the Durham Moors; it reaches the Tyne at the southern border of this county, a little above Newcastle.

The ALNE rises north of the Coquet, but is a smaller river, and its course is shorter; from beneath the ivied walls of Hulne Abbey, it emerges into a spacious Park, where it is widened by art, and proudly overlooked by the almost regal splendour of Alnwick Castle, the superb seat of the NORTHUMBERLAND Family. The Alne afterwards passes the town of Alnwick, and meets the sea at the little port of Alemouth.

The TILL rises somewhat south of the Cheviot hills, and is fed by many springs from that wild expanse, as it encompasses it at a considerable distance; its course is first to the east, and afterwards, with a great sweep and various windings to the northward, it falls into the Tweed below Cornhill.

The TIVIOT and the TWEED may be called the boundary rivers between England and Scotland, though they appertain more peculiarly to the latter country. The source of the former is in the wild hills not far from Mosspaul Inn, on the Carlisle road. In the centre of Roxburghshire it receives the Jed and the Kale, and at its junction with the Tweed, a little southward of Kelso, forms a charming scene; the elevated seat of the Duke of ROXBURGH no where appears to so much advantage as from the high bank above the point of their union. The latter finds its distant origin in the mountainous district a little. northward of the celebrated springs of Moffat: no