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all other waters that are daily angled, become timid 

 and suspicious. Many are hooked by unskilful 

 Anglers and get away again, consequently they are 

 not so ready to take a bait another time ; and it often 

 happens that, when a good Fish is taken, you will 

 find several marks about it where it has before been 

 hooked. Yet a good Angler would feel more gratili- 

 cation in killing, a brace of heavy Fish (suppose 

 Barbel) in such a water, than in killing twenty while 

 sitting confined in a punt on the Thames, and angling 

 with a leger line, where little more than strength of 

 tackle is requisite. 



The following Fish are taken by angling in this 

 water : — Jack, Pike, Carp, Tench, Perch, Barbel, 

 Chub, Bream, Roach, Dace, Bleak, Gudgeon, Eels, 

 and, perchance, a Trout. 



White-House Water, kept by Mr. Beresford. 



This is a subscription- water : formerly, this was a 

 favourite and well-frequented place by the lovers of 

 angling of the old school. This water contains fine 

 Carp, Gudgeons, Barbel, Chub, Jack, Pike, Eels, 

 Roach, &c. This water runs to Stratford. 



At Stratford, Bromley, and West-Ham, a great 

 many good Roach, Dace, Flounders, &c. are taken, in 

 the mill-pools and waters around 5 but it is very un- 

 pleasant fishing, the tide leaving the banks extremely 

 dirty and slippery : and the Angler is also continually 

 annoyed by the many passengers, as to " What sport ? ' 

 " Do the Fish bite ?" and other rude interrogations. 

 About a mile below Bromley, at Blackwall, the river 



