244 FISEES A:ND FISHING. 



SOMEBSETSHIRE. At Glastonbury, in the Brent, 

 where it forms a large lake, the Yeovil, the Brue, the 

 Parrat, the Tone, the Axe, and many other rivulets, 

 there are trout, particularly near Ilchester, Frome, 

 Pethorton, Langport, Taunton, Dunster, also at Mit- 

 ford, three or four miles above Bath. In most parts 

 of this county the trout are small, but plentiful, and 

 of good flavour ; but at Milton, near Bruton, the 

 stream is slow, and the mode of fishing will not suit 

 a fly-fisher, as I before mentioned, being float-fish 

 ing; and the fish are dark, and not pleasant as 

 food. 



STIEBET. The Wandle, the Mole, and the Thames, 

 contain trout in abundance. 



YORKSHIKE. Its rivers and waters are well stocked 

 with fish. In the East Riding, a small but rapid 

 stream, called Dufneld, or Drielfid Beck, has trout, 

 few less than two pounds, and frequently they are 

 taken five to six pounds each. About six miles 

 from Sheffield, there are abundance of trout. I have 

 never had the advantage of angling in North, or 

 South Wales ; but I am assured by several of my 

 friends, natives of that part of the kingdom, that a 

 trout angler cannot fail of finding sport in every stream 

 of that principality. A few observations on the fish 

 of some of its waters may be acceptable : 



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