98 THE ANGLER'S GUIDE. 



CHAP. XXV. 



THE RIVER THAMES, AND ITS FISHERY. 



The noble Thames, for ships and fishes fam'd. 



THIS river consists principally of the united 

 streams of the Isis and Thame. The former 

 rising on the confines of Gloucestershire, a 

 little to the south-west of Cirencester, becomes 

 navigable at Lechdale, near Oxford it receives 

 the Charwel, and continuing its course by 

 Abingclon to Dorchester unites with the Thame. 

 After this junction, the united stream con- 

 tinues its course by Wallingford, Heading, 

 Marlow, Henly, Eton, Windsor, Hampton, 

 Richmond, Kew and Brentford, to London ; 

 and below London-bridge is covered for se- 

 veral miles with vast numbers of ships from 

 all nations. Proceeding on to the sea, it 

 passes Greenwich, Woolwich, and Graves- 

 end, below which it becomes of vast magni- 



