It was a lovely river. It was wide and full of water in both summer and winter. In summer the water was usually blue, and its never ending movement towards the sea was so peaceful that it could not be seen except by the most careful observation. In winter not be seen often ran more quickly and the color became blacker the but even so it continued to be a good river. it kept well within its high banks it we clean, and it did not places that were dangerous for the little sailing ships that the used it as a play ground Not all rivers so king the live near them. People use to live near or right on the banks of rivers because they required clean water of the many purposes of life. Today water can be clean water for the many purposes of the distances, and it is like to live near a river exist. In these days people sail on them. There are very few of us who look at them or after coldness of the winter months of the lovely days of April, May and June call to us and ask us to go out and the see the beautiful countryside. During the long winter the countryside has been resting and waiting for the warmth of summer to make it hotter.