CHAPTER I.

ABOVE OXFORD.--_By W. SENIOR._ PAGE

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 1