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not more numerous than in the higher depart- 

 ments of the stream, are at least considerably 

 larger, lower clown. But below the city of 

 Durham, it becomes not so pleasant and corn- 

 mandable a river for the angler, as higher up 

 towards its source. Large fish are, however, 

 sometimes taken in the lower districts of the 

 water, particularly by the minnow, which is a 

 good bait in many sections of the stream, even 

 down to the tide -way. 



YORKSHIRE, though a very large county, is not 

 a very eligible district for the angler. The most 

 part of its waters are injured for the sportsman 

 by the various manufactures which are placed on 

 the banks of its several streams and rivers. 

 This is particularly the case with those which 

 flow through the West Hiding, and which are 

 occupied, from their remotest springs, as a 

 moving power to mills of various kinds. 



In the northern division of the county, the 

 case is somewhat different. There are here 

 angling districts worthy of a visit. The upper 

 waters of the Derwent, above Malton, abound 

 with trout ; and the several feeders which enter 

 into it, the Dove, the Hodgebeck, the Costin, 

 the Severn, the Rical, and the BlacJc River, are 

 streams which will, at the early part of the 



