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been taken, four pounds in weight. Hackles 

 and palmer flies are the best for this river, 

 especially in summer. In the spring, from 

 March to the end of April, winged flies are very 

 suitable. 



The town of Ashbourn is pleasantly situated 

 on the left bank of the Dove, and commands a 

 fine view of the valley through which it flows, 

 and which presents some of the most luxuriant 

 meadows in the kingdom. This town was the 

 scene of some of the contests between Charles I. 

 and his Parliament. 



Dove-Dale has been, from time immemorial, 

 a subject of admiration and eulogy among all 

 lovers of fine scenery. The river Dove springs 

 out of Axe Edge, one of the lofty range of hills 

 on the north-west border of Derbyshire. From 

 its source to its entrance into the Trent it forms 

 the boundary line between this county and 

 Staffordshire. For some distance from its rise, 

 the stream presents a winding and circuitous 

 route over a limestone stratum and that portion 

 of the county which is properly called Dove- dale, 

 to a space of little more than two miles, lying 

 about four miles north-west of Ashbourn. 



If we enter the Dale by the north of Thorpe 

 Cloud, a lofty hill, with an interesting - looking 

 village at its base, we shall obtain some delight- 



