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Dictionary as " Graining (Lcucisais Lancasirieiisis), a 

 small fish found in England and Switzerland." We 

 caught them in the rapids generally ; the Clifton 

 Aqueduct, the channels in the rocks for half a mile 

 above, and the outfall of sundry tunnels from coal mines 

 and other places, being favourite spots. We often caught 

 dace and chub, but seldom large ones. 



The beautiful reaches of river beginning with the 

 approaches from Pendleton by the footpath from Brindle 

 Heath, near Douglas Mill weir, with the high lands of 

 Irlam's-o'th'-Height on the left, the sweep of Scar 

 Wheel on the right, and the ancient racecourse site 

 and buildings at Kersal Moor above ; the broad quiet 

 river before and the footpath through the meadows to 

 Agecroft Bridge, mantled with ivy ; steep rocks with 

 trees on the eastern bank, forming a back-ground to the 

 picturesque Kersal Cell, with its broad meadows; the 

 whole crowned by the woods of Prestwich and the high 

 lands of Stand ; these form a picture fresh on the retina 

 of memory, though more than fifty years have passed since 

 it was first, and frequently presented to me in all the 

 varied tints of the season. The yew trees of Kersall 

 Cell grounds, budding all over with their spring shoots 

 of light green, backed by the older foliage, gave me my 

 earliest ideas of the beauty of these evergreens. I had only 

 seen them in their darker tints. It was only then that 

 I began to find that not only yews, but many other ever- 

 greens, had more than one tint and more than one aspect 

 in the varying seasons. 



Agecroft Bridge was then a favourite study for painters, 



