96 RIVERS IN ENGLAND. 



these rivers produce plenty of fine fish and abundance of 

 salmon. 



The principal rivers in HAMPSHIRE are the Avon, 

 which comes down from Salisbury, bringing with it all 

 the waters of the south and east parts of Wiltshire, and 

 receiving also the Stour and the Piddle, two Dorsetshire 

 rivers there are also the Tese, the Wye 'and the Itching ; 

 the principal fish are salmon, salmon-trout, trout, and 

 mullet. 



The rivers in HEREFORDSHIRE are the Wye, the Lug, 

 the Arrow, the Monow, the Frome, and the Diffrin-doe, 

 the last of which is the only river of the county which 

 does not rise in Wales ; they abound in salmon, salmon- 

 trout, trout, greyling, and almost every other species of 

 river fish. 



Many small rivers water the county of HERTFORD- 

 SHIRE, but the principal ones are the Lea and the Colne, 

 in which trout and other fish abound. 



The chief rivers of HUNTINGDONSHIRE are the Nyne 

 or Nen, and the Olise ; they produce pike, perch, eels, 

 and abundance of other fish. 



The Medway is the chief river of KENT (besides the 

 Thames), and produces fish of several kinds , the>iver 

 Thames passes this county at Greenwich ; near Westram 

 rises nine considerable springs, which form the river 

 Dart ; there are also the rivers Len and Tumi ; The last 

 of which runs into the Medway near Tunbridge, and the 

 river Stour, which affords plenty of trout. 



The chief rivers in LANCASHIRE are the Mersey the 

 Ribble, the Darron, the Lun, the Wire, the Roch, 



