TAILIEUCHUNG - The Historic Thames

England has been built up upon the framework of her rivers, and, in that pattern, the principal line has been the line of the Thames. Partly because it was the main highway of Southern England, partly because it looked eastward towards the Continent from which the national life has been drawn, partly because it was better served by the tide than any other channel, but mainly because it was the chief among a great number of closely connected river basins, the Thames Valley has in the past supported the government and the wealth of England | The Historic Thames by Hilaire Belloc 1 The Historic Thames by Hilaire Belloc The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Historic Thames by Hilaire Belloc This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Historic Thames Author Hilaire Belloc Release Date July 29 2004 EBook 13046 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HISTORIC THAMES Produced by Malcolm Farmer Project Manager Keith M. Eckrich Post-Processor the PG Online Distributed Proofreaders Team THE WAYFARER S LIBRARY THE HISTORIC THAMES Hilaire Belloc The Historic Thames by Hilaire Belloc . DENT SONS Ltd. 2 LONDON THE HISTORIC THAMES England has been built up upon the framework of her rivers and in that pattern the principal line has been the line of the Thames. Partly because it was the main highway of Southern England partly because it looked eastward towards the Continent from which the national life has been drawn partly because it was better served by the tide than any other channel but mainly because it was the chief among a great number of closely connected river basins the Thames Valley has in the past supported the government and the wealth of England. Among the most favoured of our rivals some one river system has developed a province or a series of provinces the Rhine has done so the Seine and the Garonne. But the great Continental river systems--at least the navigable ones--stand far apart from one another in this small and especially narrow country of Britain navigable river systems are not only numerous but packed close together. It is perhaps on this account that we have been under less necessity in the past to develop our canals and anyone who has explored the English rivers in a light boat knows how short are the portages between one basin .

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