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other fish than salmon, except in its deep pits, in which 

 there are some trout. The Weare, which finds its 

 source in the same wild range of moors as the Tees, 

 but far to the north, flows below the park of Bishop's 

 Auckland, where it receives the Gaunless, and washing 

 the rock, upon the heights of which stand the walls of 

 the cathedral and castle of Durham, falls into the sea 

 near the port of Sunderland. Besides these rivers, 

 there are the Derwent, the Laden-Hude, the Lune, 

 the Skern, and the Tyne. All these waters contain 

 salmon, the largest salmon -trout, all the varieties of 

 trout, in fine condition, and most other fresh-water 

 fish. 



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THE Blackwater, which rises near Saffron -Walden T 

 runs through Bocking and Coggeshall, and thence 

 nearly southward to Walden, whence it flows into the 

 sea, after forming a considerable estuary; the Chelmer, 

 which rises near Thaxted, and pursues nearly a parallel 

 course with the Blackwater as far as Chelmsford, 

 whence it takes a turn towards the east, and joins it; 

 the Colne, which rises on the borders of Suffolk, and 

 runs through Halsted, and from thence to Colchester, 

 emptying itself into a creek of the sea between Nasey 

 Island and the main; and the Stour, which rises at 

 Sturmer, on the borders of Cambridgeshire, and pass- 

 ing through Sudbury, Manningtree, and Mistley, is 

 joined by the Brett, near Nayland, divides the county 

 from Suffolk at Harwich, and meeting the Orwell at 

 Ipswich, falls into the sea, beneath the batteries of 

 Languard Fort, on the Suffolk shore are all fine rivers, 



