Rural Sports, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 |
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Page 81
... reaches St. George's Channel 16 miles below CHESTER . The Dee is a most beautiful river , and is singular , in increasing in rapidity the farther it leaves its source . The passage of the Dee into its great plain , as the mountains ...
... reaches St. George's Channel 16 miles below CHESTER . The Dee is a most beautiful river , and is singular , in increasing in rapidity the farther it leaves its source . The passage of the Dee into its great plain , as the mountains ...
Page 155
... reaches the Glamorganshire Bay . The NEATH is a larger river than the former , finding its origin some- what to the eastward in the same range of moun- tains , descending from them with great velocity . At Pont - Neagh - Vaughan it ...
... reaches the Glamorganshire Bay . The NEATH is a larger river than the former , finding its origin some- what to the eastward in the same range of moun- tains , descending from them with great velocity . At Pont - Neagh - Vaughan it ...
Page 183
... reaches the Sea . In these rivers is plenty of fish . Kirkcudbright , or Lower Galloway . THE NITH , the DEE , and the ORR , are the chief rivers of this county . The former has been spoken of . The Dee is formed by the Deugh , from the ...
... reaches the Sea . In these rivers is plenty of fish . Kirkcudbright , or Lower Galloway . THE NITH , the DEE , and the ORR , are the chief rivers of this county . The former has been spoken of . The Dee is formed by the Deugh , from the ...
Contents
Fishing and Anecdotes respecting the Natural | 37 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland | 77 |
Angling | 219 |
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