ART OF ANGLING. 



A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE 



PEINCIPAL EIVEES IN ENGLAND. 



THE THAMES is the mighty king of aU 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 Eeading, 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 MED WAT is by far the most important 

 river of any in Kent, except the Thames. It rises 

 on the borders of Surrey and Sussex, somewhat north 

 of East G-rinstead, and takes a north-east course to 

 Tunbridge and Maidstone ; winding still with various 

 curves eastward, it passes Eochester and Chatham, 

 and finally turns to the north and enters the Nore 



