In the Pool--St. Magnus' Church and the Monument--London Bridge to Woolwich (_Map_)--Billingsgate: Early Morning--The Tower, from the River--Limehouse Church--The River below Wapping--Entrance to the East India Docks--The West India Docks--Millwall Docks--Millwall--Greenwich Hospital--View from Greenwich Park--The Albert Docks--Woolwich Reach--Woolwich Arsenal--Woolwich--Plumstead--Dagenham Marshes--Barking Abbey--Barking Reach--At Purfleet--Erith Pier--Tilbury Fort--Gravesend--At Gravesend--Woolwich to Gravesend (_Map_) 288-336 _GRAVESEND TO THE NORE_:-- At Canvey Island--The Fringe of the Marshes--Hadleigh Castle--Leigh--Southend and the Pier--Sheerness Dockyard, looking up the Medway--Sheerness Dockyard, from the River--Mouth of the Thames: Low Water--Artillery Practice at Shoeburyness--Gravesend to the Nore (_Map_)--Outward Bound: Passing the Nore Light 337-362 We are indebted to Messrs. Taunt, of Oxford, for permission to use their photographs for the views on pages 15, 22, 56, 60, 65, 69, 79, 91, 149, 169, 174, 195, 198, 200, 209, 220, and 334; to Messrs. Hill and Saunders for that on page 56; to Messrs. G. W. Wilson and Co., of Aberdeen, for that on page 54; to Messrs. W. H. Beer and Co. for those on pages 71, 80, and 85; to Messrs. Marsh Bros., of Henley, for those on pages 63, 77, 113, and 132; to Messrs. Poulton and Son, of Lee, for that on page 335; to Mr. F. H. Secourable, of Southend, for that on page 351; to Mr. S. Cole, of Gravesend, for those on pages 354 and 355; and to Mr. F. G. O. Stuart, of Southampton, for those on pages 83 and 153. [Illustration: THE THAMES FROM SOURCE TO SEA.] /Rivers of Great Britain./ [Illustration: THE SEVEN SPRINGS.] THE THAMES. CHAPTER I. ABOVE OXFORD. The Source of the Thames--Early Names of the River--Seven Springs--Thames Head--The Churn and its Course--Thames and Severn Canal--Cricklade--Castle Eaton--Inglesham--Fairford and the Coln--Lechlade--The First Lock--Some Thames Flowers--Old Buscot--Hart's Weir--Bird Life--Radcot Bridge--Eddying Pools and Golden Shallows--Canal-like Reaches--Tadpole Bridge--Bampton--Duxford Ferry--Canute's Country--The Windrush--The Oldest Bridge--Old Father Thames--Disused Weir-pools--Bablock Hythe, Stanton Harcourt, and Cumnor--Skinner's Weir and Pinkhill Lock--Eynsham Weir, Bridge, and Cross--The Evenlode--Witham Hill--Thames Angling--Godstow--King's Weir--Port Meadow--Folly Bridge.