A HOLIDAY IX DEVONSHIRE. S3 



Tuaning fift)' miles northward and receiving the Dalch, Little 

 Dart, and Mole, all holders of trout. It becomes navigable 

 a little above Barnstaple. The Devonshire Taw must not 

 be confounded with the Tawe of South ^^'ales. The Tor- 

 ridge rises close to, almost in, the source of the Tamar on 

 the Cornish border, but, as if they had quarrelled violently 

 at their birth, the latter mas south to the English Channel, 

 the former north to the Bristol Channel. These north-going 

 rivers have salmon as well as trout. 



Slapton Lea, about seven miles from Dartmouth, is a lake 

 separated by a spit of sand from the sea, and a favourite 

 resort for pike and perch fishers, and after October of wild- 

 fowl sportsmen. 



With respect to the Dartmoor streams, and those 

 sufficiently near to be classed with them, the following 

 details may be useful to anglers : — On the Ta^istock and 

 Launceston line the Plym may be reached from !Marsh !MiLLs, 

 or Bickleigh, and at Shaughbridge the Cad and Meavy 

 join, to flow together thenceforth as the Plym. For the 

 AValkham, upper Meav)', and lower Tavy alight at Hoira- 

 bridge. Tavistock is the .station for the excellent fishing 

 controlled by the Tamar and Pl)Tn fishing conservators. 

 The South Devon line touches the Plym at Plympton, the 

 Yealm at Comwood^ the Erme at I\7bridge, the A^ on at 

 Kingsbridge Road and Brent, and the lower Dart and 

 Harbome near Totnes. The Teign is within a short 

 distance of Newton. The higher watere, as is shown in the 

 foregoing chapter, are best reached from Piincetown on 

 the moor. 



Flies, information, and licenses may be obtained from 

 Jeffery and Son, or Hearder of PljTnouth. In the late 



