CHAPTEK VI. 



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THIS is a first-rate English county for angling. 

 The hilly nature of the country gives rise to 

 rapid and limpid waters, and these are the true 

 elements for the salmon and trout. Fine and 

 bold scenery is also a necessary accompaniment 

 of this physical elevation; and we accordingly 

 find that all authors on angling who have 

 visited this part of England, speak in the most 

 rapturous terms of the beautiful views to be 

 witnessed on the banks of nearly all the rivers 

 in this county. The principal of these are the 

 Trent, the Erewash, the Blyth, the Tame, the 

 Dove, the Derwent, the Manifold, and the Wye. 

 The Trent we shall pass over as an angling 

 river, particularly in this locality, where it pre- 

 sents many features which are opposed to the 

 standard maxims of the piscatory art. 



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