The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . houses are set back on the slopes, real old-fashioned farni-hoiises and thatched cottages are endjowered in every variotv of foliage, and thebackground isfrequentlyfilled in bygentlv rano--ing uplandclothed withthe softestherbage. Herea village withits mill, andthere a ham-let Avith itshomely oldchmch, markthe stages ofthe crystalclear river,every foot ofwhich is the treasured preserve of some wealthy angler. Tliere are golden trout upon the gravel,and in the deeps, while the shallows, many
The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . houses are set back on the slopes, real old-fashioned farni-hoiises and thatched cottages are endjowered in every variotv of foliage, and thebackground isfrequentlyfilled in bygentlv rano--ing uplandclothed withthe softestherbage. Herea village withits mill, andthere a ham-let Avith itshomely oldchmch, markthe stages ofthe crystalclear river,every foot ofwhich is the treasured preserve of some wealthy angler. Tliere are golden trout upon the gravel,and in the deeps, while the shallows, many of which have been fords from timeimmemorial, are open to the eye of the wayfarer who quietly pauses on the rusticbridges to watch the sjjotted denizens as they cruise and poise. At Cheriton the Royalists i-eceived a crushing blow on the JIarch day whenLords Hopton and Forth led their army of 10,000 men against an equal force. KIVtK> or HANTS AND DUKStT. gave Winchester and its fort to the Parliamentarians. Of Tichborne this genera-tion heard somewhat in the seventies, and the notorious trials brought for manyyears an increase of visitors, who would interiuj)t tlic discourse upon 8ir Koger deTychborne, and the Tychborne Dole founded by the Lady Mabell (whose monument isin the church on the hill), with questions about the Claimant and the lost SirRoger. Martyrs Worthv, Kings Wortln-, and Abbots Worthy are within sound ofthe sonorous Cathetlial bells; and aftei these villages are the loved Winual reaches 16 RlVKIiS OF (iREAT BKITMS. [The Itch ex. of the stroani. one of tluiu sadly marred by the Didcot and Xewlnirv Kaihvav,whii-h, within the last few years, has been opened with a statiun south of the Nuns Walk is to the rijrht as you follow the Itehen downnvards, often overplanks half-hidden in sedges. Sleek eattle Lraze in the water-meads: beyond them isthe city and its Cathedral, wlii
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