LOCK,” where _Rogue Riderhood_ did duty as deputy lock-keeper, and where, at the last, he and _Bradley Headstone_ were drowned. These localities are in the neighbourhood of HENLEY, and may be readily verified by the intelligent Rambler, adopting the excursion by land and water, as subjoined. Leaving PADDINGTON TERMINUS of the Great Western Railway, we pass WESTBOURNE PARK JUNCTION, and the well-arranged grounds of _Kensal Green Cemetery_ (in which repose the mortal remains of Leigh Hunt, Sidney Smith, John Leech, and Thackeray) on the right, travelling westward by the suburban stations of _Acton_, _Ealing_, and _Castle Hill_, and cross the Wharncliffe Viaduct to HANWELL. To the left may be seen the handsome building of the MIDDLESEX LUNATIC ASYLUM. We next arrive at SOUTHALL, and afterwards cross the Grand Junction Canal to HAYES and WEST DRAYTON. Our train now passes from Middlesex to Buckinghamshire, and steams onwards in the neighbourhood of _Langley Park_—seen on the right. The tower of Langley Church may be observed on the left, rising from the trees, as we speed forward to SLOUGH, where we obtain a distant glimpse of the Royal Castle of Windsor, two miles southward. Resuming the journey we come, in four miles’ run, to the pleasant village of TAPLOW, on the borders of the Thames (here dividing the counties of Buckinghamshire and Berkshire), and within easy distance of _Burnham Beeches_, a favourite picnic resort. The train now crosses the river, next arriving at MAIDENHEAD, a market town on the Thames. On the right, observation may be taken of Maidenhead Bridge, a noble erection of thirteen arches. Thereafter we soon arrive at TWYFORD JUNCTION, where we change (unless seated in a special through carriage) for Henley, situated four miles northward, and served by a branch line. The town itself is very pleasantly situated on the Thames, with an old church and handsome bridge, but is of special interest to Dickensian students as containing the INN at which _Mr. Eugene Wrayburn_ found accommodation on the occasion of his journey in pursuit of Lizzie Hexam. See “Our Mutual Friend,” book 3, chapter 1, in which Bradley Headstone, returning to Plashwater Weir, is described as reporting the circumstance to the deputy lock-keeper— “‘Lock ho! Lock.’ It was a light night, and a barge coming down summoned him (Riderhood) out of a long doze. In due course he had let the barge through and was alone again, looking to the closing of his gates, when Bradley Headstone appeared before him, standing on the brink of the Lock. ‘Halloa,’ said Riderhood. ‘Back a’ready, T’otherest?’ ‘He has put up for the night at an Angler’s Inn,’ was the fatigued and hoarse reply. ‘He goes on, up the river, at six in the morning. I have come back for a couple of hours’ rest.’”