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in these streams, in the summer months. There 

 are many very interesting localities on the banks 

 of these rivers ; and a saunter along them, in 

 fine weather, is indeed a rich treat. 



SOMERSETSHIRE is well watered with angling 

 streams, and those who follow the sport in this 

 county are both numerous and skilful in the 

 craft. The Avon, which we have just noticed, 

 enters Somersetshire a little below Bradford. It 

 is navigable to Bath. It receives the waters of 

 the Frome, and Midford Brook, above this city ; 

 and a stream called the Chew at Keynshaw. 

 The Frome has a range of about twenty miles. 

 The Yow or Yeo springs from about Comp ton- 

 Martin, one of the slopes of the Men dip Hills. 

 It is nearly fourteen miles in extent. The Ax 

 rises in Wookey Hole or Cavern, on the south 

 side of the same ridge of hills, near to Wells, 

 and it has a course of twenty miles and upwards. 

 It is partly navigable. 



The Brue comes from the chalk-marl and 

 green sand-hills on the borders of the county, 

 and, after a run of above thirty miles, enters 

 the estuary of the Parret. 



This river is nearly fifty miles in extent, and 

 has several tributaries, which abound with fine 

 trout. The Isle is one of the best of these ; it 

 is about sixteen miles long. The river Gary 



