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At BASLOW, the Wheat Sheaf, a small inn, will be found a desirable 

 station for the angler, the landlord being empowered to give tickets 

 for fishing in the Duke's waters, to a considerable extent. Lower down 

 the stream is ROWSLEY BRIDGE, an excellent and very convenient 

 fishing-station, where there is also a capital house of entertainment, 

 the Peacock, the landlord of which, a very obliging man, can give 

 orders to fish in the Wye (which is within a short distance) as well as 

 the Derwent. The trout and grayling-fishing is close at hand, and first 

 rate, especially for grayling. 



From Rowsley, theDerweut runs to MATLOCK, long celebrated for 

 the beauty of its situation. Here are several fine hotels, and some 

 excellent boarding-houses, with others of a more humble description. 



WILLERSLEY CASTLE, the magnificent seat of Richard Arkwright, Esq., 

 terminates the vale : a note addressed to this gentleman will probably 

 procure a fishing-ticket for the season ; and below A^ 7 ille^'sley there are 

 some fine trout and grayling streams : but the fishing is not so good as at 

 Rowsley, Baslow, and still higher up the stream. The Derwent now 

 continues its course through Belper, Darley, and Derby, and falls into 

 the Trent a little below Shardlow-bridge. 



The BRADFORD is a beautiful tortuous trout-stream, about two miles 

 from Rowsley, the property of the Duke of Rutland, and very little 

 known, as it has been strictly preserved for many years. It is 

 bordered by lofty rocks covered with verdure, and is extremely 

 picturesque. 



THE WYE rises in the moors above Buxton, and, pursuing a sinuous 

 course, reaches the valley of Monsaldale. Thence it meanders to the 

 pretty village of Ash ford-in-the- Water, remarkable for its marble 

 quarries and works, and a beautiful cottage ornee, belonging to the 

 Duke of Devonshire, which, in summer, is literally a bower of roses. 

 A short course then brings the Wye to BAKEWELL, where, at the 

 Rutland Arms, the tourist will meet with everything he can desire. 

 This house is the resort of anglers from all parts of the kingdom. 



The Wye now winds in many a serpentine fold, till it reaches the 

 grounds of Haddon Hall, the property of the Duke of Rutland. 



A little beyond Haddon, the Wye is joined by the LATHKILL. This 

 sparkling and pellucid stream abounds with trout of the finest quality, 

 but it is strictly preserved by his Grace the Duke of Rutland, for 

 the amusement of himself and friend?. After the junction of the 

 Lathkill and the Wye, they fall into the Derwent at ROWSLEY. 



There are various other small streams in this laud of many waters ; 

 one of which rises in the neighbourhood of BRAILSFORD, and, passing 

 Longford and Sutton-on-the-Hill, falls into the Trent near Eggington, 

 after a short course, and contains abundance of fine trout, of excellent 

 flavour. 



THE IDLE, which meets the Trent at Asholnie, rises in Sherwood 

 Forest, and flows through the beautiful and extensive parks of Wellbeck, 

 Clumber, and Thorsby, Nottinghamshire. This stream, in its course 

 through the parks, abounds with trout, but a great part of it is strictly 

 preserved. There is also a small stream near the pretty town of 

 WORKSOP, well stored with fine trout. 



