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running fifty miles northward and receiving the Dalch, Little 

 Dart, and Mole, all holders of trout. It becomes navigable 

 a little above Barnstaple. The Devonshire Taw must not 

 be confounded with the Tawe of South Wales. The Tor- 

 ridge rises close to, almost in, the source of the Tamar on 

 the Cornish border, but, as if they had quarrelled violently 

 at their birth, the latter runs south to the English Channel, 

 the former north to the Bristol Channel. These north-going 

 rivers have salmon as well as trout. 



Slapton Lea, about seven miles from Dartmouth, is a lake 

 separated by a spit of sand from the sea, and a favourite 

 resort for pike and perch fishers, and after October of wild- 

 fowl sportsmen. 



With respect to the Dartmoor streams, and those 

 sufficiently near to be classed with them, the following 

 details may be useful to anglers : On the Tavistock and 

 Launceston line the Plym may be reached from Marsh Mills, 

 or Bickleigh, and at Shaughbridge the Cad and Meavy 

 join, to flow together thenceforth as the Plym. For the 

 Walkham, upper Meavy, and lower Tavy alight at Horra- 

 bridge. Tavistock is the station for the excellent fishing 

 controlled by the Trimar and Plym fishing conservators. 

 The South Devon line touches the Plym at Plympton, the 

 Yealm at Cornwood, the Ernie at Ivybridge, the Avon at 

 Kingsbridge Road and Brent, and the lower Dart and 

 Harborne near Totnes. The Teign is within a short 

 distance of Newton. The higher waters, as is shown in the 

 foregoing chapter, are best reached from Princetown on 

 the moor. 



Flies, information, and licenses may be obtained from 

 Jeffery and Son, or Hearder of Plymouth. ' In the late 



