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cultivation, and the land on its banks is chiefly 

 devoted to pasture, though there is a certain 

 amount used for arable purposes, while here and 

 there there are some copses and plantations. It 

 has a number of tributaries, chief among which 

 are — on the Devonshire side — the Deer, the Carey, 

 the Lyd, with its tributaries the Lew and Thistle 

 Brook, and the Tavy, which is separately described. 

 The stream flows by North Tamerton (Cornwall), 

 Boyton (Cornwall), and by Lifton (Devon), and 

 Launceston (Cornwall), and by New Bridge, Cal- 

 stock (Cornwall), a little below which place the tide 

 is reached. Launceston or Lifton — the two places 

 are opposite one another on different sides of the 

 river — makes about the best angling headquarters 

 for the angler who intends fishing the upper part 

 of the Tamar or its tributaries north of Tavistock. 

 There are several hotels and inns at Launceston, 

 among them the King's Arms and the White 

 Hart, and it is usually possible for a stranger 

 to get permission for a few days for the Tamar 

 here, or for its Devon or Cornwall tributaries. 

 Launceston and Tavistock are connected by a 

 branch of the Great Western Railway, which en- 

 ables the angler to get pretty easily, through the 

 stations at Lidford, Coryton, and Lifton, at the 

 Lid, Lew, Thistle Brook, and other tributaries of 

 the Tamar. The Tamar cannot, I think, be de- 

 scribed as a very clear and rapid stream. From its 

 source to Launceston it runs through a clay, rather 

 than rock-bound country, and the pools are long — 

 sometimes upwards of a quarter of a mile. Lower 

 down, however, the Tamar is considerably cleared 

 by several more streams, notably by the Lyd. 

 Trout are plentiful in the upper portions of the 



