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season, yield some sport. The most of them are 

 better adapted for bait-fishing, than for fly. 



The Swale, in its higher departments, is a 

 good water. It arises out of mountainous 

 grounds east of Kirby- Stephen ; and, in the 

 course of ten or twelve miles, receives several 

 smaller tributaries, which materially augment 

 its bulk, and make it better fitted for fly. Eight 

 and ten dozen of good-sized fish are not unfre- 

 quently taken here in a few hours, when the 

 water is in good order. Catterick Bridge is 

 an excellent fishing-station for the Swale. The 

 Whiske is a small stream which rises near to 

 Osmotherly, and falls into this river. The 

 Swale joins the Ure at My ton. These united 

 waters then continue their course to about six 

 miles below Boroughbridge, where they assume 

 the name of the Ouse. 



The river Nid rises in Netherdale, passes by 

 Knaresborough, and falls into the Ouse at Nun- 

 Monkton. There have been some good fish 

 taken out of the Nid, but it is not a stream of 

 any note. The Derwent rises in the eastern 

 moorlands in the North Eiding, and runs 

 parallel to the sea-coast by Ayton to the foot of 

 the Wolds, then taking a westerly direction, and 

 receiving the Rye at Hemsley, enters the Ouse 

 at Barmby. 



