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distance of twenty-four miles, and has its origin 

 in Yorkshire. It then passes through the 

 marshes called the " Car," and then falls into 

 the Trent. The whole distance of this river is 

 forty-seven miles. 



The JErewask rises in the county, very near 

 to the source of the Maun, and falls into the 

 Trent. The Lene springs from the grounds of 

 Newstead Abbey, and has a range of twelve 

 miles, till it joins the Trent. This tributary 

 passes through Newstead Park, and near to the 

 town of Nottingham. The Dover Beck rises in 

 Sherwood Forest, and, after a course of ten 

 miles, enters the Trent. The Devon flows ten 

 miles in this county. 



Some of the streams in Nottinghamshire 

 have a few trout in them ; but the mass of the 

 fishing is of a bottom kind. Large pike, perch, 

 eels, and bream are met with in all directions. 



The following lines, on the celebrity of the 

 Trent for all kinds of fish, are from the pen of 

 Michael Dray ton, written (1612) nearly two 

 centuries and a half ago : 



" I throw my crystal arms along the flowery valleys, 

 Which, lying sleek and smooth as any garden alleys, 

 Do give me leave to play, whilst they do court my stream, 

 And crown my winding banks with many an anadem ; 

 My silver-scaled sculls about my streams do sweep, 

 Now in the shallow fords, now in the falling deep : 



