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XXX. SHROPSHIRE. 



THE Severn enters this county at its confluence with 

 the JVirnew, and runs through it from west to south- 

 east, being joined by the Teme near Worcester. The 

 Wevel rises in the county, and runs north to Cheshire. 

 The Tern rises in Staffordshire, and empties itself into 

 the Severn about four miles below Shrewsbury. The 

 Clun rises not far from Bishop's Castle, and joins the 

 Teme near Ludlow, whence it flows on to Tenbury, 

 having received the Corve on its way. These are the 

 principal rivers of Shropshire. The Severn affords 

 fine salmon, salmon-trout, pike, trout, perch, grayling, 

 ruff, salmon fry, and graylings, or Sampsons, as they 

 are called in the county. The Teme abounds with 

 grayling and trout. The Wevel is famous for its 

 perch, and the Clun waters for trout, and in the 

 winter for barren trout. Lee Brook, two miles from 

 Wem, produces good pike, perch, eels, &c.; and in 

 Meel Brook there are trout, carp, ruff, and other 

 fish. The eels are particularly fine. 



XXXI. SOMERSETSHIRE. 



THE Axe, which rises on the western side of the 

 Mendip hills, after passing the small town of Axe- 

 bridge, winds through a tract of marshes, and falls 

 into the Bristol Channel. The Yaw rises on the 

 eastern side of the Mendip hills, and flows in a north- 

 westerly direction to the Bristol Channel, passing the 

 town of Wrington, celebrated as the birthplace of the 

 famous John Locke. The Avon, which enters the 



