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streams above Stockport, and after uniting with the 

 Irwell and the Bollin, runs by Warrington, and forms 

 the magnificent port of Liverpool. The Mersey is 

 annually visited by shoals of smelts, of an extraordinary 

 size and flavour. The Wyre, which rises in the 

 moors dividing Yorkshire and Lancashire, and flowing 

 to Garstang, forms its estuary near Poulton, abounds 

 with trout, chub, and gudgeons, and in the spring with 

 smelts. The Kent and the Lune, both of which rise 

 in the moors of Westmoreland, and form considerable 

 rivers in this county, afford fine salmon, trout, and 

 other fish ; as does also the ffibble, which enters the 

 county from Yorkshire, and forms one of the largest 

 rivers of the north of England. The Irk, near 

 Manchester, is famous for the largest and finest eels in 

 Great Britain. 



XX. LEICESTERSHIRE. 



THE Soar, which rises in the western part of this 

 county, and after receiving the Wreke, falls into the 

 Trent, where Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Notting- 

 hamshire unite the Avon, which flows into Warwick- 

 shire the Anker, the Wetland, and the Sivift, all afford 

 good fishing, especially in those parts most remote 

 from the several towns by which they run. 



XXI. LINCOLNSHIRE. 



THE Trent, which passes the western borders of this 

 county, by Littleborough and Grimsby, falls into the 

 Humber ; the Wetland, which finds its source in a 



