236 FISHES AND FISHING. 



A very little rain makes the water of this river 

 quite thick. Down the stream, as low as Cobham, 

 there are sometimes trout; lower down atEsher, as I 

 have before observed, there are plenty of perch. The 

 river Mole enters the Thames nearly opposite Hamp 

 ton Court Palace. 



THE HOG'S MILL RIVER has many sources ; one 

 chief branch rises near Epsom, the other forms a 

 large, clear, and deep pool at the entrance of the 

 village of Ewel ; they unite somewhere about Ewel 

 marsh ; this stream, though small, has several mills 

 upon it, and contains, I have been informed, trout of 

 considerable size ; but it is difficult to obtain per 

 mission to angle. 



This river passes under the South "Western Rail 

 way, a little beyond the Maiden station, where it 

 appears so insignificant, that any boy could jump 

 across ; it descends into the Thames, under a bridge, 

 as you leave Kingston, on the old Portsmouth road. 



THE OLD RIVER WEY has deep holes, and by the 

 bridge at Weybridge, is very wide, and continues so 

 for a considerable distance; it then contracts, but 

 expands again at Byfleet; it contains an immense 

 quantity, and every variety of well-fed fish, except 

 trout. 



IN THE RIVER CHELMEE, near the mills at Chelms- 

 fovd, I was informed, when there in 1830, that perch 



