BOWLKER'S 



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A short Account of the 

 PRINCIPAL RIVERS IN ENGLAND, 



THE THAMES is the mighty king of all the 

 British Rivers, superior to most in beauty, and 

 to all in importance ; it takes its rise from a 

 copious spring called Thames- head, about two 

 miles south-west of Cirencester. It widens 

 considerably on approaching Lechlade, where 

 it is joined by the Lech, the Coin, and the Isis, 

 all which rise in the Cotswold hill ; continuing 

 its course to the south-east by Wallingford to 

 Reading, it forms a boundary to the counties of 

 Berks, Bucks, Surrey, Middlesex, Essex, and 

 Kent ; and joins the Medway at the Nore, in 

 the Mouth of the British ocean. 



THE MEDWAY is by far the most impor- 

 tant river of any in Kent, except the Thames. 

 It rises on the borders of Surrey and Sussex, 

 somewhat north of East-Grinstead, and takes 



