﻿THROUGH 
  THE 
  HEART 
  OF 
  ENGLAND 
  IN 
  A 
  CANOE 
  

  

  485 
  

  

  THE 
  THAMES 
  ABOVE 
  EECHLADE, 
  NEGLECTED 
  DURING 
  THE 
  WORLD 
  WAR 
  

  

  In 
  many 
  places 
  the 
  weeds 
  are 
  so 
  thick 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  progress 
  in 
  a 
  canoe 
  almost 
  impossible 
  

  

  (see 
  text, 
  page 
  486). 
  

  

  DESCENDING 
  HARRINGTON 
  WEIR 
  

  

  Formerly 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  lock 
  here, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  out 
  and 
  only 
  the 
  sill 
  remains, 
  over 
  

   which 
  the 
  canoe 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  carefully 
  lowered. 
  Note 
  the 
  pavement 
  in 
  the 
  foreground. 
  The 
  

   place 
  is 
  now 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  ford. 
  

  

  