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more lovely than it is. At the foot of the hill lies a 

 "sunny spot of greenery," surrounded "by a "belt of 

 trees extending to the river, which here flows in a 

 bend, graceful as the arched neck of one of the swans, 

 which, with easy motion, are cleaving its waters : 



"(Hide gently, thus for ever glide, 

 O Thames ! that Anglers all may see 

 As lovely visions by thy side 

 As now, fair river, come to me. 

 O glide, fair stream ! for ever so, 

 Thy quiet soul on all "bestowing, 

 Till all our minds for ever flow, 

 As thy deep waters now are flowing." 



Looking up and across the stream, on whose waters 

 the heavy barge is seen slowly ascending, or the light 

 wherry shooting swiftly down corn-fields, woodlands, 

 and meadows are perceived, blended in pleasing va- 

 riety, and extending in a gradually softened tone of 

 colour, till the prospect is bounded by a range of 

 gently swelling "hills. The poet Thompson, whose 

 beautiful description of fly-fishing, in the " Seasons," 

 leads the reader to conclude that he must, ere he left 

 his native streams, have been an adept in the art 

 lived at Richmond; but that he was accustomed to 

 angle, during his residence here, we have not been 

 able to learn. From his indolent habits, eating peaches 

 from the tree, with his hands in his breeches pockets, 

 we are inclined to think that he did not. 



Following the course of the river, the next place 

 above Richmond is Twickenham; between which place 

 and Tedding ton Lock, considerable quantities of roach, 



