CHAPTER V 

 ADJACENT RIVERS. II 



THE DERWENT 

 By Mr. G. E. Lowthian 



THE Derwent is about thirty-one miles long. It 

 has its source in the Sprinkling and Styhead 

 Tarns, near the top of Styhead Pass, and after 

 flowing for about seven miles in a northerly direc- 

 tion, it expands into Lake Derwentwater near 

 Lodore ; after leaving which, it receives the River 

 Greta on its right bank, near Portinscale. It then 

 flows for about four miles in a north-westerly direc- 

 tion, and expands into Bassenthwaite Lake ; after 

 leaving which, at Ouse Bridge, it flows in a westerly 

 direction through Cockermouth, falling into the sea 

 at Workington. It receives on its left bank the 

 Cocker, at Cockermouth, and the Marron, near 

 Marron Junction. 



The Derwent contains salmon, grilse, sea-trout, 

 whiting, brown trout, pike, perch, and eels. 



Commencing at the low end of Derwentwater 

 Lake, and proceeding down the river, the favourite 

 salmon pools are : Between Derwentwater and Bas- 

 senthwaite Lakes : Shilton Dub, Long Bridge Dub, 

 Birkett Dub, Dick Tyson Island, Howe Watering 

 Place, Long Lonning Dub, High Strangs and High 

 Stock Bridge Dub. Between Ouse Bridge and Isel 



