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 Moffatt; nothing can be more dreary than the early course of the Tweed, which enters this county just below Kelso, and flowing to the north-east to Berwick, below which it enters the German Ocean.

All these rivers abound with fish, that the Angler cannot fail of sport. A vast quantity of Salmon is caught and pickled at Berwick, and by contract forwarded to the London markets, where it is sold under the appellation of Newcastle Salmon. Of late years much has been sent fresh to London, packed in Ice.

Nottinghamshire.

The chief river of this county is the Trent, which enters it at the south-west point, where it joins the Erwash, and passing through to the north-east enters Lincolnshire, and after having run near two hundred miles from its source falls into the HUMBER. The IDLE springs in Sherwood Forest, and is formed by several small streams issuing from the upper part of that sandy district. This river contributes to adorn the extensive Parks of Welbeck, Clumber, and Thoresby. Its course is north-east through the Forest, afterwards inclining towards the east to meet the Trent at the entrance of the Isle of Axholme. The Idle is navigable from East Retford, and the Chesterfield canal crosses the

northern extremity of the county, and enters the Trent near the mouth of the Idle. The stream called the Old River Don advances at the edge of the Fens, almost parallel with the Trent, but not reaching it until near its mouth.

The Trent is famous for angling. Some Salmon it produces, but with Trout, Pike, Grayling, Perch, and other fish it abounds. Near the towns of Newark and Nottingham is very good fishing.

Drfordshire.

The THAMES, the Isis, (increased by the WINDRUSH and EVENLODE,) and the CHERWELL, are the principal rivers: the two first have been already mentioned in Middlesex. The Windrush flows out of the Cotswold hills, coming down from Burford and Whitney, and runs into the Isis; after this conflux, the Isis has a north-east course to Eynsham, and then unites with the Evenlode, which also rises in the Cotswold, and descends from Whichwood Forest and Charlbury. The Cherwell rises in Northamptonshire, out of a hill whence spring three rivers running different ways, and after parting Northamptonshire from this county for some distance, it enters it near Banbury, and passes through the middle of it until it joins the Isis.

In all these rivers the Angler will find some Trout, abundance of common fish, excellent Perch and Pike, and for fine Eels they are also noted. The Rud are generally most plentiful near where the Cherwell joins the Isis.

Rutlandshire.

This is the smallest county in England, and altho' washed by the Welland on its south and south-east borders, and by the Chater, (which

rising in the forest of Liffield on the confines of Leicestershire, joins it at Ketton,) is yet said to have but one native river, and which is called the GUASH or Wash. To this Drayton the Poet alludes, when he celebrates Rutlandshire as containing in its limited compass three objects of great beauty and utility.

"Small Shire that can produce to thy proportion good

One Vale of special name, one Forest, and one Flood."

POLYOLBION.

The Vale is that rich one of Catmose comprehending the county town of Okeham, near which the elevated Palace of Burly on the Hill, the seat of the Earl of Winchelsea, presents the finest Terrace and Court-yard in England. The river is the Guash or Wash, which rising in Leicestershire, winds through the county from east to west. Forest is that of Liffield, which formerly occupied the south-western part, of which, a part still remains in its original state, and is stocked with Deer.

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There are many inconsiderable streams in this county, wherein Pike, Perch, and common fish are in plenty.

Shropshire.

The SEVERN (already noticed in Gloucestershire,) is the chief river, and enters this county just at its conflux with the Wirnew, and runs through it from west to south-east, being navigable in its whole course through Shropshire, and affording a great convenience for the transport of its commodities. Fine Salmon are taken near Shrewsbury, and numbers of these fish run up the Severn quite into Wales. They are said to be sooner in season than those of any other river in England, though in some parts of Freland and Scotland the fish come in earlier. Salmon Trout, Pike, Trout, Carp, Perch, Roach, Dace, Chub, and.

Grayling, are likewise in abundance near the above mentioned town, and an instance has been known of a Grayling being taken there which weighed five pounds. Ruff, Gudgeon, Flounder, Eels, Salmon-fry, and Gravlings, or Gravel-last-springs (called in this county Sampsons,) are also in plenty, and afford fine diversion to the Angler.

The TEME or TEMD rises in these mountains which divide Radnorshire from Montgomeryshire, and enters this county at the village of Ruthin-Rugante, after which it is joined by the Clun near Bridgecastle, and passes by Ludlow, where it is joined by the Corve, and proceeding to Tenbury reaches the Severn near Worcester, after traversing a romantic hollow through which the road from Bromyard to Worcester passes. This river abounds with excellent Grayling and Trout.

The Wevel rises in Shropshire, and runs north to Cheshire. The Tern has its rise and name from a large Pool in Staffordshire, and empties itself into the Severn about four miles below Shrewsbury; it is famous for its Perch, which are so large as to weigh from two to four pounds a Perch. In Lee Brook, about two miles from Wem, there is fine angling, as it produces good Pike, Perch, Eels, &c.

In the Clun water there are numbers of Trout, which do not grow very large, but the Angler will often here take barren Trouts, that in winter, when other Trouts are good for nothing, are excellent. In Meel Brook there are Trout, Carp, Ruff, and common fish; the Eels also are particularly fine.

Somersetshire.

The YAW has its origin on the eastern side of the Mendip hills, and flows in a north-west direction to the Bristol Channel; its course is short; it passes the town of Wrington, the native place of the famous JOHN LOCKE.

The AXE rises in two small branches on the western side of the Mendip hills, one of which has its source in the cavern called Wokey,' or Ochie Hole, which is a natural perforation of the rock, not unlike those so much celebrated in Derbyshire; after passing the little town of Axebridge, it winds through a tract of marshes to fall into the Bristol Channel.

The Avon enters this county four or five miles to the south-east of Bath, is the boundary between this county and Gloucestershire, and passing by Bristol runs into the mouth of the Severn, and terminates in the Bristol Channel..

The BRENT rises on the eastern edge of the county, and runs westward by the noble remains of Glastonbury Abbey, below which it becomes a large Lake, and then runs into the river Parrett. The BRUE takes its rise from Selwood Forest, on the edge of Wiltshire, and meets the Bristol Channel near the mouth of the Parrett, in the Bay of Bridgewater..

The FROME rises in the ornamented grounds of the Marquis of Bath at Long-Leat. The PARRETT has its source in the most southern part of the county, bordering on Dorsetshire. This river and the THONE form their junction near the centre of Somersetshire, the latter rising in the Quantox hills. The Parrett likewise receives the Yeo and the Ivel, and after traversing the extensive marsh of Sedgmoor, passes by. Bridgewater, and forms. a Bay in the Bristol Channel, nearly opposite to Cardiff, in Glamorganshire. A small distance above Bath there is good Trout angling, and most of these rivers produce other good fish,, and are remarkable for the excellence of their Eels.

Staffordshire.

The TRENT issues from three springs between Congleton and Leek; in what are termed the Moorlands, and augmented by the Sow and!