tide flows up as far as Richmond, between 

 eighty and ninety miles from the sea. 



The banks of the Thames will afford the 

 lover of tranquil and placid scenery a rich treat. 

 It is impossible to traverse its winding course 

 for twenty miles above the metropolis, without 

 feeling the glow of admiration at the happy 

 union of art and nature, as displayed in the 

 noble mansions, neat and elegant gardens, the 

 natty cottages, and the rural dwellings, which 

 stud, on each side, its rich and luxurious banks. 



The Thames is a surprising river for the 

 number and variety of its fish. Salmon are 

 now seldom met with, and trout are by no 

 means common, even in the more elevated dis- 

 tricts of the river, where the impediments to 

 their increase are but few in number. What 

 trout are found, however, in its waters, are 

 commonly very large, and of the most delicious 

 richness. They have been often caught from five 

 to fifteen pounds ; and there was a fine one 

 taken in 1846, at Datchet, near Windsor, 

 seventeen pounds, six ounces. The following 

 fish are abundant in the river : pike, perch, 

 chub, barbel, eels, flounders, lampreys, roach, 

 dace, gudgeons, pope or ruff, bleak, and min- 

 nows. In addition to these, carp and tench are 

 met with, in some particular localities. In all 



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