The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . ollows the railway line, and at Wye, where there is one of the mostlovely miniature racecourses in the kingdom, it is crossed bv a bridge of fivearches. Thenceforth, it is a notable trout stream, gradually widening until it formsthe distinctive feature of the well-known meadows, with the square-toweredcathedral always a prominent oljject of the landscape. Canterbury has been so often described, for it is frequently the scene of great RTFERS OF GREAT BRIT ATX. [Tm- rAVTKKiiritY StoVR ceremoni
The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . ollows the railway line, and at Wye, where there is one of the mostlovely miniature racecourses in the kingdom, it is crossed bv a bridge of fivearches. Thenceforth, it is a notable trout stream, gradually widening until it formsthe distinctive feature of the well-known meadows, with the square-toweredcathedral always a prominent oljject of the landscape. Canterbury has been so often described, for it is frequently the scene of great RTFERS OF GREAT BRIT ATX. [Tm- rAVTKKiiritY StoVR ceremonials (as witness the iniprossive burial of Arc-liUishop Benson in 1S.)6, and theenthronisation of his distinle to visit CanterburyA\-ithout recalling its stirring and suggestive associations, and tlie distinction it liud intimes when other parts of the country were obscure. It Avas too near the waterto escajjc the ravages of the sea-kings, who liked to land at Sheppey and Thanet,. lUNDKL (: {jl. 11). any tlic Danes. In MUl it was taken bystorm .scenes of death and desolation during wliich the cathedral and iiionas-terv were burnt, the inhabitants slaughtertd in masses, and women and cliiUlieiicarried awav into captivity. There is no need to re-tell the story of tliat differentkind of landing, gloriiied liy the arrival of St. Augustine and his missionaries. Tillsalso honoin-ed the Isle of Tlianet, which the Saxon clironiele mentions as theplace of «in of Ilengist and llorsa on their heathen mission to Stom- in its termuud portion has probably become much cabined and conlinedsince that period, when it must have been a broad estuary. Aldiiit two miles below (anterl)ury is the village of Fordwlch, on the ojiposite The CAXTERBrRY Stour.] FORmviCn AN^D SABB. bank of the Stour. As the tide in old days reached thither, it ranked as a CinquePort. Accordin-;- to Izaak Walton, the old
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