94 RIVERS IN ENGLAND. 



ENGLAND. 



CHAPTER 3. A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL RIVERS IN 

 ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES. 



THE rivers in England are calculated to be about four 

 or five hundred ; and it would be surperfluous here to 

 treat particularly of their diversities and situations. 



The rivers in BEDFORDSHIRE are the Ouse and Ivel ; 

 they produce pike, perch, eels, and an abundance of com- 

 mon fish. 



There are also the Isis and Kennet in BERKSHIRE ; 

 the former rises in Gloucestershire, and with other 

 streams form the Thames, famous for trout. 



The chief rivers in BUCKINGHAMSHIRE are the Thames, 

 Ouse, Tame and Colne ; trout, pike, perch, and many 

 other good fish are to be found in these rivers. 



In the Ouse and Gam in CAMBRIDGESHIRE are to be 

 found pike and perch. 



The principal rivers in CHESHIRE are the Mersey, the 

 Dee, and the Woval ; the first of these divides Cheshire 

 from Lancashire ; the second rises in North Wales, and 

 the third springs up in Shropshire ; in these rivers are 

 to be found salmon, salrwon-trout, trout, perch, dace, 

 bream, eels, and pike. There are many other small rivers 

 that abound with trout which run through and border on 

 this county. 



The rivers in CORNWALL are the Tamar, the Camel, 

 the Fale, the Fowey, the Cobor, and the Looe ; they 

 abound with salmon, trout, and many other fish. 



