their aspect, destitute of wood;” yet there
are several large ponds, formed by the em-
bankments across the valleys, the margins
of which will afford much pleasure and
gratification to the ardent botanist. “The
surface is, in fact, to this hour, nearly such
as it may be conceived to have been when
first uncovered by the departure of the sea.”
The whole district is intersected with delight-
ful valleys, through which run several riv-
ulets, that flow into the Wey from various
sources, amongst which is one that is rend-
ered classical by the delightful author of
Selborne. This, meeting the Blackdown
stream at Headley, is joined by the Alton
and Farnham branch, at Tilford-bridge
where they form a considerable stream. From
this point the Wey proceeds in an eastward-
ly direction by Elstead &c, receiving in its
course several small streams from the neigh-
bourhood of Thursley and Witley, one of
which takes it’s rise in the Devil’s Punch-
bowl, from which source flows a delicious
stream, as clear as crystal. The river, after
after passing by Godalming, from whence it is
navigable by the addition of a canal, runs
through a long line of pleasant meadows
to Guildford, and in its progress receives
the tribute of two additional streams, the
Arun Canal and the Tillingbourne, which
dd much to its importance; it ultimately
falls into the Thames near Weybridge.
According to Mr. Stevenson, “the waters of
the Wey are of much less fertilizing quality
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