CHAPTER IX 



ENGLAND AND WALES 



Avon Test Frome Axe Yarty Otter Exe Teign 

 Dart Avon, Devonshire Erme Plym Tamar Tavy 

 Gralm Walkham Lynher Fowey Camel Taw 

 Torridge Lynn Severn Wye Usk Dwyfawr 

 Dwyfach Erch Soch Glaslyn Dovey Dysynni 

 Artro D wy ryd Prysor Mawddach Wnion Seiont 

 Gwyrfai Llyfni Dee Elwy Clwyd Lune Wyre 

 Kent Leven Duddon Eden Coquet Aln Tyne 

 Wear Tees Esk Thames. 



THE AVON is associated with agreeable memories. 

 A few years ago, on returning one night to my 

 abode, in the Albany, I found a note from a 

 very energetic lady, to whose country-house, near 

 Wimborne, I was engaged to go next day. She had 

 come up to town, and was staying over-night. She 

 was going to bicycle back to the country next day, 

 starting at four o'clock in the morning. Would I 

 care to go with her? My portmanteau could be 

 sent by train. Well, it was already past two 

 o'clock, and I had been up all night, leader- writing 

 and editing ; but what of that, after all ? This was 



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