contains a number of Lakes or Meres, abundantly supplied with fish, and the rivers, especially the Derwent, produce excellent Salmon, Salmon Trout, Trout, and various other sorts of fish, that an Angler cannot fail of diversion. It has been erroneously asserted, that in one or more of these rivers the Charr is taken, a mistake probably arising from a species of Trout caught in the Petterel, of the size, colour, and (when potted) in taste not easily distinguishable from the Charr; but the Charr is found in Great Britain only in Winander Mere, Ulleswater in this county, in Llyn Quellyn, near the foot of Snowdon, and in Loch Inch in Scotland.

Derbyshire.

The Trent, which bounds this county on the south, is inferior to no river perhaps in England, except the THAMES. Its rise is in the hills beyond Newcastle, in Staffordshire, adjoining the borders of Cheshire. The Trent is generally a full transparent stream, and no where (but when increased by floods) resembles the torrents of the northern rivers, whose origin is mountainous. At Trentham, Art has swelled it into a Lake, highly ornamental to the park, and soon afterwards it meets. the numerous canals of the neighbouring manufacturing districts. Previous to its reaching Nottingham it receives the Blythe, the Tame, the Soar, the Dove, the Derwent, and the Erwash, and becomes very considerably augmented. It divides itself into two channels before it reaches Newark, from whence, through a broad plain, thickly studded with villages, the surrounding flat seldom allows the Trent to be distinguished. Vessels of some size, with the aid of the tide, navigate it to Gainsborough, it there divides a range of Fens until it makes a bold junction with the OUSE of Yorkshire, combining to form the grand Estuary of the Humber, to which it largely adds by its tributary waters, and the extensive trade which is carried on through their assistance.

The Blythe rises a few miles eastward of the Trent, which it joins near Kings Bromley, after receiving the Soar from Eccleshall, and the Peak from Penkridge, near Stafford; its principal feature is Lord Bagot's finely wooded park at Blithefield.

The Tame springs in two branches, not far from Coleshill, in Warwickshire, and flows westward to its junction with the Trent above Burton, and in its short course has nothing but the Castle of Tamworth, on a steep rock above its town, to distinguish it. The Soar rises near Hinkley, in Leicestershire, runs to Leicester, washes also the walls of Leicester Abbey, where Cardinal Wolsey finished his life, and after meeting the Wreak from the confines of Rutland, passes near Loughborough, and joins the Trent a little below Cavendish Bridge. The rock overhanging the Soar, at the town of Mountsorrel, is an extraordinary spectacle in so level a grazing country. The Erwash divides Derbyshire from Nottinghamshire during the most part of its short course, it descends southward from the coal countries near Alfreton, and falls into the Trent a little below the Derwent.

The DOVE, so called from its blue transparency, which the inhabitants fancy resembles the feathers of that bird, rises in the rocky hills of the Peak of Derbyshire, afterwards parts that county from Staffordshire, in the early part of its course, it forms the beautiful dell of Dove Dale, emerging from the hollows under the pyramidical mountain of Thorpe Cloud, it soon receives the Manyfold, issuing from its subterraneous caves in the gardens at Ilam. The Dove then runs near Ashborn, where it is crossed by a long picturesque bridge; it is afterwards joined by the Charnet from below Leek and the borders of Cheshire, and flowing between the wild wooded hills of Needwood Forest, and the old mansion of Lord Vernon, reaches the Trent four or five miles to the north of Burton. The current of the Dove is thought to run through a bed of limestone, as its waters when overflowing the banks, especially in the spring, add greatly to the fertility of the soil; it is famous for its Trouts. and Graylings, which are faid to excell all England..

The DERWENT, remarkable for the brownness of its waters, springs in the mountainous district of the Peak, nearly on the borders of Yorkshire; various small torrents soon increase it in the dreary waste where it rises, and one of them flows directly from the noted Cavern of Castleton, where it bursts into light under an immense natural arch; soon after emerging from its native wilds, the Derwent forms the principal ornament of the superb Domain of CHATSWORTH; shortly after quitting Chatsworth, the Wye, descending from the bare and bleak heights which environ the melancholy spot occupied by Buxton, joins the Derwent, which then passes by Bakewell to Derby, (where it: becomes navigable) a little below which it enters the wide plain formed by the Trent on the borders of Leicestershire, and about eight miles below: Derby loses itself in that great river. All the rivers of this county produce excellent fish, particularly Graylings, a fish unknown in North Britain or Ireland, and in many parts of England.

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Devonshire

is well watered by several fine rivers, and by small streams in abundThe TAMAR, already mentioned, divides this county from Cornwall, and becomes so very large and deep for near two leagues before it opens into Plymouth Sound, that the Salmon, which are remarkable for their goodness, have a secure retreat in the salt water. The Plym rises on the east side of Dartmoor, and inclining to the south-west, forins a large basin beneath the old town of Plymouth. The Yealme, Erme, and Aven, are three small rivers, also rising in Dartmoor, the pleasant spot and Inn of Ivy-Bridge are on the banks of the Erme, which is there a mountain torrent. The course of all these rivers is south-west, and each has a considerable Estuary. The DART is the principal of all those rivers that are produced by the rocky range of Dartmoor, in the centre of this county, which in wildness at least, though not in height or extent, may emulate most of the mountainous tracts of Wales or Scotland. Rapidity is the Dart's first

characteristic, which it retains till it descends into the rich plains of the southern part of the county. At Totness the Dart is crossed by its last bridge, and soon afterwards receives the tide; the noble ruin of Berry Pomeroy Castle occupies an eminence on the east, it then runs by Kings Weare and Dartmouth, the ivied walls of whose Castle and its rustic Spire, starting out from beneath a rocky hill, mark the exit of the Dart towards the sea. THE Ex rises in the wild hills of Ex-Moor, in the western corner of Somersetshire, runs to Tiverton, just below which it receives the small river Loman, and soon afterwards the Creedy and the Culm, keeping on its course to EXETER, from whence it forms a grand Estuary to Exmouth, where it meets the sea. The OTTER, (noted for the numbers of that amphibious animal,) the SYD, and the AXE, each of them rise near the border of Somersetshire. The TEIGN takes its rise in Dartmoor, near the village of Chegford, and after forming a broad but short Estuary, by the junction of its two branches, terminates in the bay of Teignmouth. The TAW and the TORRIDGE contribute to form the great bay of Barnstaple and Biddeford, on the broad part of the Bristol Channel, opposed to Tenby, in Pembrokeshire. The Taw has its source in the central mountains of Dartmoor, and is increased by the Moule from South Moncton to Barnstaple, from whence it turns westward to meet the Torridge, which rises close to the head of the Tamar, near the border of the northern part of Cornwall; this river after receiving the Okement runs due north to Biddeford, and after its junction with the Taw, both streams incline to the north-west to find their mouth, where the Bristol Channel loses itself in the open sea. All these rivers abound with excellent Salmon, (which altho' very fat, are not so large as in the North of England) Trout, and contain such quantities of other fish as to afford the Angler uncommon amusement.

Dorsetshire.

The CHAR, the FYPE, and the WEY, are the three rivers of this county, bordering upon Devonshire. They all descend from the Dorsetshire Downs, the former makes its exit at Charmouth, on the great western road; the Eype, joined by the Brit from Beminster, and another stream westward of it, falls into the sea in Bridport harbour, a few miles below that town. The Wey is now celebrated for its sea-bathing place, formed by the combined towns of Melcombe Regis and Weymouth, which grace the exit of the Wey to the sea; the grand semicircular beach, and its level sands (advantages for bathing) added to the preference given to it by the Royal Family, have raised Weymouth into high consideration.

The STOURE finds its source in six streams at Stourton, in Wiltshire, three of which are in the park of Stourhead, winding through Gillingham Forest, round the hill on which Shaftesbury stands exalted, runs to Stourminster, afterwards pursues nearly a south-east direction aslant the eastern division of Dorsetshire, joined by the Allen from the north at Winborn to Christchurch, in Hampshire, where meeting the Avon of that county, after being a little increased by the Blackwater from Cranbourn, both fall into the sea opposite to the Isle of Wight.

The FROOME, which may be called the most considerable river in this county, rises in that vast tract of Downs which divides it from Somersetshire, its two channels unite at Maiden Newton, and flows to Dorchester, and fed by various streams from the South downs, meets the Piddle from the north, then turns eastward to reach Wareham, and forms the great expanse of water, constituting Poole Harbour.

The Stoure is peculiar not only for the large quantities, but the goodness and delicious flavour of its Tench and Eels; there are Trout,