MAP

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Coming Down the Oxford Canal

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The Motor Launch " Balgonie"

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Our Skiff On the Waterways

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Old Boveney Lock, near Windsor

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Coming Through Shiplake Lock, near Henley

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Regatta Time. Shiplake-on-Thames

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New Bridge (below Lechlade)

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St. John's Lock (Lechlade)

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Round Tower, Lechlade

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Preparing Lunch Aboard

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The "Balgonie" in Canal Rig

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Sapperton Tunnel, Thames and Severn Canal

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Homeward Bound

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The Golden Valley, Thames and Severn Canal

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We Steer a Canal Barge, Oxford Canal

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The Golden Valley, near Stroud

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The" Balgonie" Leaving Chertsey for the Cruise Round London

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"Legging" in Canal Tunnel

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" Balgonie" at Shillingford Bridge (Thames)

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Cosgrove Lock, on the Grand Junction Canal

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Hertford Old Town Mill

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The " Balgonie" on the Stort

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Entering the River Lea, Bow Creek Lock

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On the Upper Medway, near Tonbridge

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Approaching East Farleigh Lock, on the Medway

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The Greywell Tunnel, on the Basingstoke Canal

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Bridge on the River Rother

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At Thames Head, the Source of the River Thames

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Approaching the Rollers, on the River Cherwell

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Our Houseboat "Clytie" on the Thames

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Ducking Stool for Refractory Women, at Fordwich, the Great Stour (Kent)

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Fordwich, on the Great Stour

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Bidford Bridge, on the River Avon

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The River Avon at Tewkesbury

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Near Bradford-on-Avon, on the Kennet and Avon Canal

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The Twenty-nine Locks near Devizes, the Kennet and Avon Canal

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On the Great Ouse, passing through St. Ives Bridge

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On the River Cam, at Clayhithe

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A Land and Water Trip Through Leicestershire, (1) and (4) Bridges en route Grand Junction Canal ; (2) Foxton Locks (ditto) ; (3) Daventry, our Starting Point

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Hereford, on the Wye

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Symond's Yat, on the Wye

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Vincent's Bridge, Grantham Canal

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Charming Scene on the Nene (Lilford)

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Irthlingborough, Northants, the Village Cross

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Old House at Lincoln Over the Canal

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Langrick Ferry, on the Witham

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Strange Looking Craft, on the Fossdyke Canal

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River Witham, at Boston

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On the Edinburgh and Glasgow Canal

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The Forth and Clyde Canal, near Kilpatrick

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The Crinan Canal (Argyllshire)

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Caledonian Canal (Inverness-shire, N .B.)

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The Grand Military Canal (Kent)

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Life on the Norfolk Broads

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The Village Pump and Old Dutch Cottage, at Canvey

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Crossing the Ferry, Canvey Island (Essex)

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Map of the River Severn Valley, from Shrewsbury to Worcester

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On the Upper Severn. Arley Ferry ; Holt Fleet ; Shrewsbury

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