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fountain, before anv other rivers fall into it : others 

 derive it from thirty several sorts of fish that breed 

 there ; and that is the most likely derivation : but 

 be it how it will, it is doubtless one of the finest 

 rivers in the world, and the most abounding with 

 excellent Salmon, and all sorts of delicate fish. 



Viat. Pardon me, Sir, for tempting you into this 

 digression : and then proceed to your other rivers, 

 for I am mightilv delighted with this discourse. 



Pise. It was no interruption, but a very season- 

 able question ; for Trent is not only one of our Der- 

 byshire rivers, but the chief of them, and into which 

 all the rest pay the tribute of their names ; which 

 I had, perhaps, forgot to insist upon, being got to 

 the other end of the county, had you not awoke 

 my memory. But I will now proceed ; and the next 

 river of note, for I will take them as they lie East- 

 ward from us, is the river Wye : I say of note, for 

 we have two lesser betwixt us and it, namely, Lath- 

 kin, and Bradford ; of which Lathkin is, by many 

 degrees, the purest and most transparent stream 

 that I ever yet saw, either at home or abroad ; and 

 breeds, 'tis said, the reddest and the best Trouts 

 in England ; but neither of these are to be reputed 

 rivers, being no better than great springs. The 

 river Wye then, has it's source near unto Buxton, 

 a town some ten miles from hence, famous for a 

 warm bath, and which you are to ride through 

 in your way to Manchester : a black water too at 

 the fountain, but, by the same reason with Dove, 



