CHAPTER IV 



THE BUCKS, OXON, AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE 



STREAMS 



Only portions of Oxfordshire and Gloucester- 

 shire can be rej^arded as situated in the south 

 country, and I propose, therefore, to deal with but 

 a few of the trout streams of these counties. Of 

 the seven trout streams considered in this chapter, 

 three, the Chess, the Misbourne, and the Wick, 

 belong to Buckinghamshire, and flow through 

 the south-east corner of the county ; Oxford has 

 the lower parts of the Windrush, which flows 

 through the west of the county ; whilst the upper 

 Windrush, the Coin, and the Leach, running 

 almost parallel to one another in a south-east 

 direction, join the left bank of the Thames be- 

 tween Eynsham and Lechlade. Lastly there is 

 the Gloucestershire Frome — not to be confounded 

 with the Somersetshire Frome — which flows through 

 the western part of the county and joins the 

 (Bristol) Avon. Some of the streams of this 

 county, which formerly contained trout, are now 

 spoilt ; and among them the Little Avon must, I 

 am afraid, be included. 



