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On the bright wave the sportive salmon play, 

 And bound and glisten in the noon-tide ray. 



The Liddal. This river, like the Esk, is of 

 Scottish origin, and enters Cumberland at Kirs- 

 hope Foot, where it receives a small feeder. 

 After traversing a wild and romantic country, 

 it falls into the Esk, not far from the English 

 border. The trout of the Liddal are numerous, 

 and of fair average size. The minnow is a 

 good bait for many of its rapid and gushing 

 streams, especially in the spring of the year, 

 when the waters are pretty full, and not too 

 clear. 



The Leven. This stream owes its source to 

 several fountains or springs among the wild and 

 gloomy hills of Nichol Forest and Bewcastle. 

 The two chief branches of it, however, rise near 

 Christenbury Crags. As they flow a few miles, 

 they receive several other smaller tributaries, 

 and at Stapleton Church, it is a pretty good- 

 sized angling stream. After being augmented 

 by several small brooks, it winds its course, in a 

 very serpentine manner, through a very fine and 

 interesting vale, until it forms a junction with 

 the Esk, a few miles above the Solway Frith. 

 There is good fishing in the Leven; and all 

 kind of flies, if not too large, seem to be readily 

 taken, when the waters are in suitable trim. Six 



