DOWN THE RIVER. IX.--STAINES TO THAMES DITTON
... DOWN THE RIVER. IX.-- Staines to Thames Ditton. LEAVING Staines, we pass under the iron bridge that carries the Reading branch of the South Western Railway, and where that part of the river over which the City formerly had jurisdiction begins, marked by the additional breadth of its towing-path. Below the reach is extremely pleasant, with its elegant villas dot ting one side, and its thick ...