The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . -off, lifted itself up and began to travel, bearing along with it the trees that grewupon it, the sheepfolds, and flocks of .sheep abiding there at the same time. In theplace from whence it was first moved it left a gaping distance 40 foot broad and 136 RTVERS OF GREAT BRITATX. [The four^^core ells long: the whole field was about twenty acres. Passing along, itoverthrew a chapel standing in the way. ronioved a yew-tree jilanted in the cliurch-vard from the west to the east: with tli(&g
The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . -off, lifted itself up and began to travel, bearing along with it the trees that grewupon it, the sheepfolds, and flocks of .sheep abiding there at the same time. In theplace from whence it was first moved it left a gaping distance 40 foot broad and 136 RTVERS OF GREAT BRITATX. [The four^^core ells long: the whole field was about twenty acres. Passing along, itoverthrew a chapel standing in the way. ronioved a yew-tree jilanted in the cliurch-vard from the west to the east: with tli(> like force it thrust 1)efore it liigliways,.sheepfolds, hedsres,the trees: madetilled ground pas-tui-e, and againturned pasture intotillage. Havingwalked in this sortfrom Saturday even-ing till Ml )ndaynoon, it then stoodstill. Surely, tliisis a record, even SYMONI)s YAT [p. 140). ill the land of Saturday-to-3Ioii-dav trips! lietwecn IToreford and Kossthe Wye flows (niieth, and with-out many striking features, eitheras regards tlie sconerv or thestream itself. Ipon its breast floatpleasure-boats in grtvit iiiiiiibcMs,although in the drv season of tiieyear, unless the midmost cliaiinclis rigidly adliered to, numbers ofsliallows interrupt the passage even of skiffs of liglit draught, for the riveroccasionally spreads out to a great surface, and runs proportioiuitely sliallow ovi-rr
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