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"Yon parted roof, that nods aloft in air, 



The threatening battlements, the rifted tower, 

 The choir's loose fragments, scattered round, declare, 

 Insulting Time ! the triumphs of thy power !" 



DORSETSHIEE. 



This may be termed a second-rate county 

 in the angler's estimation. Its chief rivers 

 are the Charr , the Eype, the Wey, the Froome, 

 and the Stour. They all abound with trout, 

 and some salmon. 



The Charr, the Eype, and the Wey, all take 

 their origin out of the rising ground in Dorset- 

 shire Downs. The Charr has good streams in 

 it ; and rich trout. It enters the sea at Char- 

 mouth. The Eype receives the waters of the 

 Brit, at Bewminster, and enters the ocean at 

 Bridport. The higher parts of the stream are 

 good for the fly. The Wey falls into the sea 

 at Wey mouth. 



The Froome takes its source from the Downs, 

 passes Marden, Newton, and then flows on to 

 Dorchester. After leaving this town, it receives 

 the waters of several minor streams, runs on to 

 Wareham, and then forms the harbour to Poole. 

 About two miles up the stream from Dorchester 

 the best angling with the fly commences. 

 The stripes of deep water, when a curl is on 

 them, are particularly abundant in fine trout. 



