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The Rivers of Great Britain, Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial: Rivers of the South and West Coasts — John Shaqi

The Rivers of Great Britain, Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial: Rivers of the South and West CoastsVarious

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The Rivers of Great Britain, Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial: Rivers of the South and West Coasts

Name: The Rivers of Great Britain, Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial: Rivers of the South and West Coasts
Author: Various

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Great Britain -- Description and travel; Rivers -- Great Britain

Transcriber's Note:
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    This e-text is based on the 1897 edition of the book. Minor
    punctuation errors have been tacitly corrected. Inconsistencies in
    hyphenation and spelling have been retained.

    Italic text has been symbolised by underscores (_italic_); forward
    slashes represent small caps (/small caps/). Caret symbols (^)
    signify subsequent superscript characters; oe ligatures have been
    substituted by the symbol [oe].

    The following passages have been corrected or need to be commented:

    # p. vii (List of Illustrations and Maps; RIVERS OF CORNWALL: 'New
      Bridge' has been removed; there is no such Illustration.
    # p. 38: 'as you please': 'e' had been printed upside down; this
      has been corrected
    # p. 64 (caption): 'p. 658' --> 'p. 65'
    # p. 147: 'seige' --> 'siege'
    # p. 268: 'muninipal' --> 'municipal'
    # p. 276: 'page 223' --> 'page 273'
    # p. 307: 'are still call' --> 'are still called'
    # p. 308: 'an the bullocks' --> 'and the bullocks'; 'owers' -->
      'towers'
    # p. 376 (Index): 'Wynn, Sir Watkin Willliams' --> 'Wynn, Sir
      Watkin Williams'

                      THE RIVERS OF GREAT BRITAIN

_UNIFORM WITH THIS WORK._

    THE ROYAL RIVER: /The Thames from Source to Sea/. With
    Several Hundred Original Illustrations. _Original Edition_,
    £2 2s.

"Its illustrations surpass all that have previously adorned any book on
the same subject"--_Daily Telegraph._

    RIVERS OF THE EAST COAST. With numerous highly finished Engravings.
    _Original Edition_, £2 2s.

"We have read with the greatest interest 'The Rivers of the East Coast
of Great Britain.' All the articles are by pleasant writers, and the
pages are lavishly illustrated by engravings after photographs."--_The
Times._

_Popular Editions of the above can also be obtained._

CASSELL & COMPANY, /Limited/, _London; Paris and Melbourne._

[Illustration]

                                  THE
                       /Rivers of Great Britain/

                  DESCRIPTIVE, HISTORICAL, PICTORIAL

                 _RIVERS OF THE SOUTH AND WEST COASTS_

                            [Illustration]

                    /CASSELL and COMPANY, Limited/
                      _LONDON, PARIS & MELBOURNE_
                                 1897

                          ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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CONTENTS.

    THE SOUTHERN CHALK STREAMS.--_By WILLIAM SENIOR._          PAGE

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The Rivers of Great Britain, Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial: Rivers of the South and West Coasts

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