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 where the Thames and Severn Canal locks into it; continuing a very circuitous course, leaving Faringdon on the south and Bampton on the north, it proceeds through a part of the grounds of Blenheim, to Oxford, where the Oxford Canal enters it; proceeding southerly it passes by Nuneham Park to Abingdon, where the Wilts and Berks Canal joins it; taking a circuitous course, inclining to the south-east, to near the town of Dorchester, where it is joined by the Thame, and said to obtain the name of Thames, from Thame and Isis; it then proceeds in a southerly direction by Bensington, Wallingford, Streatley, Basilden Park, Maple Durham and Purley Hall, to Caversham Bridge near Reading, where the Kennet Navigation joins it; passing Caversham Park and Holme Park, and bending northerly it proceeds by Park Place to Henley; from thence passing by Fawley Court, Spinfield Lodge and Bisham Abbey, it runs to Great Marlow; and thence in a south-easterly course, by Maidenhead, on its way to Windsor; whence, winding round the Castle Hill, it proceeds, by Datchet, Staines and Chertsey, to near Woburn Park and Ham; here it is joined by the River Wey, which connects the Basingstoke Canal and the Wey and Arun Navigation with it; it now passes Oatlands, Ashley Park, Apps Court and Hampton Court Palace, in an easterly course to Thames Ditton, thence northerly to Kingston; and thence, in the same direction, by Teddington, Twickenham, and Ham House, to Richmond; it afterwards passes Isleworth and Sion House, to near Brentford, where the Grand Junction Canal communicates with it at the mouth of the River Brent; it then continues a winding course, by Kew, Brentford, Mortlake and Chiswick, to that part of Hammersrnith where it is crossed by the suspension bridge, Putney and Fulham, to Wandsworth, at which latter place the Surrey Railway communicates with it by means of a basin. A little lower down it is joined by the Kensington Canal. It pursues its course through London to a short distance below the tower, where the Saint Katherine Docks have recently been erected. A little further down are the London Docks; and at Rotherhithe there is a tunnel which has been cut under and about half-way across the river, but has been stopped, not only by the water getting through but by want of funds; it is next joined by the Grand Surrey Canal; and at