94 SOUTH COUNTRY TROUT STREAMS 



on the Lambourne, with the exception of 

 the piece of water fished by the Newbury 

 Association, and most of the fishing is rented 

 annually from the farmers. The Swan at Shefford 

 and the Bell at Boxford may be made head- 

 quarters. 



The Lambourne flows through some most pictur- 

 esque scenery. The higher country above the 

 Lambourne valley is well wooded, and the thatched 

 cottages with their quaint gardens and the farm 

 houses are a delight to the eye. The stream is 

 clear and pure, running through chalk and gravel. 

 Near Lambourn village on the chalk hills is 

 Wayland Smith's cave made for ever famous by 

 Scott in Kenihvorth, and also the celebrated " blow- 

 ing stone," of mysterious origin. It is a land 

 worth exploring. The Priory at Donnington, I 

 may add, with its delicious old-world gardens 

 through which the stream flows, is one of the most 

 pleasant spots an angler could desire to see. 



The Enborne or Emborne rises in West Wood- 

 hay, not far from the remote Inkpen Beacon and 



^, „ Coombe Hill, and for some miles, flowing" 

 The En- ' o 



borne through the chalk, forms the boundary 



or Em- between Hampshire and Berkshire. A 

 borne r -nt 



mile or two from Newtown it receives a 



small tributary, and then flows to Greenham Com- 

 mon, from which place to the Kennet is known 

 locally by the name of the Anburn. Four miles 

 down from Newtown (which may be made head- 

 quarters) it is swelled by another brook that rises 

 at Kingsclere. It then passes Midgham and enters 

 theKennetatAldermaston. The stream issomewhat 

 neglected, at any rate in its upper parts, and trout, 



