excellence in the fish beyond their being caught so near the metropolis, and not losing their flavour by long carriage before they are used, for Salmon to be eaten in perfection, cannot be too fresh. Numbers of other fish, such as Trout, Pike, Carp, Roach, Dace, Perch, Chub, Barbel, Smelt, Gudgeon, and Flounders, are in this river; it abounds also with Eels and Lampreys.

Mr. POPE notices some of the Fish of the Thames in the following lines:

Thames' gentle streams a various race supply,
The bright-ey'd Perch, with fins of Tyrian dye;
The silver Eel in shining volumes roll'd,
The yellow Carp, in scales bedropp'd with gold;
Swift Trout, diversified with crimson stains,
And Pike, the tyrants of the watʼry plains.

WINDSOR FOREST.

The higher an Angler goes up the Thames, the greater and more various will be the fish he takes. Near Windsor are all sorts of fish, but the Court of that town, fine highly those fishing without leave, if a gudgeon only is caught. Walton and Shepperton deeps are famed for their Barbel. Hampton and Sunbury have good angling for Barbel, Roach, Dace, Chub, and from the Aits for Trout and large Perch. At Kingston-wick, Teddington Banks, the sides of the Aits opposite Brentford, Isleworth, and Twickenham, and Mortlake deeps, are noted for Roach, Dace, Gudgeon, Perch, and Carp. At Chelsea the Angler's boat should be fixed almost opposite to the Church, so as to angle in six or seven feet water. Here, as well as at Battersea Bridge, are good Roach and Dace.

When the air is cold, the wind high, the water rough, and weather wet, it is useless to angle in the Thames. The proper hours for angling are, from the time when the tide is half ebbed, until within two hours of high water, supposing no land floods come down. Always let the boat be pitched under the wind.

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The river COLE or COLN rises near North Mims, and not far from Hatfield, in Hertfordshire. The Gade and the Missbourn increase it before it reaches Middlesex, which it does near Breakspear, and divides this county from Buckinghamshire, and passing by Colnbrook, soon after enters the Thames.

In the Colne near Uxbridge, there is fine water for angling, which produces excellent Trout, Eels, and other fish.

Monmouthshire.

The USKE rises in the mountains which divide Breconshire from Caermarthenshire, a peculiar mixture of the grand and the placid in landscape attends this river from its origin; it enters this county a little above Abergavenny, from thence it winds to the Town and Castle of USKE, joined by a small stream from the north-west, which supplies the town and works of Pontypool. It meets the tide before its approach to Caerleon, flowing through 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.

M02folk.

The YARE rises near Attleborough, receiving 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 these 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 in 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 Wandes

ford 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 to 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 both plentiful and large. In the Cherwell is found the Rud.

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-dule, and after receiving the Shele, joins the Read 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 overlocked 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.