Road from Ring wood. 



CHAPTER XII. 



THE VALLEY OF THE AVON CONTINUED. TYRREL'S 

 FORD, SOPLEY, AND WINKTON. 



Tyrrei's Ford. 



AFTER we leave Bingwood the road for a mile or two is less 

 attractive in its scenery. Still, here, as in every part of 

 England, there is something to be seen and learnt. The Avon 

 flows close by, famous for a peculiar eel, locally called the 

 " sniggle" (ancjuilla mediorostris) , which differs from its common 

 congener (acutirostris) in its slender form and elongated under-jaw, 



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