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The minnow does some execution here, after 

 a summer freshet, just when the waters are 

 assuming a fine ale colour. The starling and 

 woodcock's wing, and red-body, are good flies. 



The Dove springs from the Peak of Derby- 

 shire, and divides this county from Staffordshire. 

 It has been deservedly celebrated by Walton, 

 and Cotton, who were frequently in the habit of 

 roaming along its very picturesque banks. The 

 latter ingenious and enthusiastic angler has the 

 following lines on this river : 



" Such streams Rome's yellow Tiber cannot show, 

 The Iberian Tagus, or Ligurian Po ; 

 The Meuse, the Danube, and the Rhine, 

 Are puddle-waters all, compared with thine ; 

 The Loire's pure streams yet too polluted are, 

 With thine, much purer, to compare ; 

 The rapid Garonne, and the winding Seine, 



Are both too mean, 



Beloved Dove, with thee 



To vie priority ; 



Nay, Tame and Isis, when conjoined, submit, 

 And lay their trophies at thy silver feet." 



The river Dove, take it as a whole, is one of 

 the most beautiful and interesting pieces of 

 water that can be found in any country. The 

 charms of its landscapes are quite ravishing and 

 ecstatic. When we pass along the comparatively 

 naked portion of the stream, we feel delight 

 from the sweet music of its tumbling streams, 



