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well known as a spot, on which if sport is not obtained, the fault will lie at the butt end of the rod—not in the river.

An excavation of one quarter of a mile, over which are two bridges, brings us to the Great Aston Embankment, which is one mile and three quarters in length, in some places between thirty and five and thirty feet from the fields below. It passes over two bridges and one viaduct of ten arches, under which flows the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal; this work is one hundred yards in length, and between nine and ten wide. Proceeding a short distance on this embankment, we enter the county of Warwick, and shortly after cross the Tame. Near the 94¾ post, to the right, is a mill, the machinery of which is worked by the flow of the river Tame, to which this little erection gives a picturesque effect. After leaving the mill, the stream flows at the base of the embankment and parallel with it for nearly a quarter of a mile; its serpentine evolutions through the meadows on the left may then be traced for a considerable distance.

Near the 95¼ post the village of Aston may be distinguished by the very handsome tower and spire of its church, which is in the later style of English architecture.