. The earth and its inhabitants ... s which discharge themselves into the. estuary of the Severn : — Severn .Avon of Bristol Drainage Basin,Sq. ,300891 Length. Miles. 158 62 ,300 per ,100 „ WyeTsk. 1,609540 13565 2,100 „880 Smaller rivers. 729 186 „ Total 606 10,380 „ THE BASIN OF THE SEVERN AND THE BEISTOL CHANNEL. 99 feet. The Severn estuary presents the aspect of a river only at low water,when in some places it is no more than from 700 to 900 feet wide. Sand-banks and ledges of rock then make their appearance above the water, andvessels which fail

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. The earth and its inhabitants ... s which discharge themselves into the. estuary of the Severn : — Severn .Avon of Bristol Drainage Basin,Sq. ,300891 Length. Miles. 158 62 ,300 per ,100 „ WyeTsk. 1,609540 13565 2,100 „880 Smaller rivers. 729 186 „ Total 606 10,380 „ THE BASIN OF THE SEVERN AND THE BEISTOL CHANNEL. 99 feet. The Severn estuary presents the aspect of a river only at low water,when in some places it is no more than from 700 to 900 feet wide. Sand-banks and ledges of rock then make their appearance above the water, andvessels which fail to take advantage of the rising tide to reach their port of desti-nation are obliged to cast anchor in some favourable spot, until the next tideenables them to proceed on their voyage. At low water the Lower Severn isscarcely navigable, and even the mouths of the VVye and Avon are sometimesinaccessible. As to the fishing-smacks, they allow the retiring tide to leave them Fig. 54.—Bristol an Admiraltr 13 M Î » î ^ Jr. >>b., P ^ a c e, Pre---, -fy- 2 5-- .. ,,. - ii ^ ic> 7 ? Ct^}i^^.i^;ii:^- Ai I ll^~~^^--. Si^me and See-rrn-nvt 23 ,(, 10 &^

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