264 FISHES AND FISHING. 



roach weighing four pounds, which was preserved, 

 and shown to numbers of persons. 



Many anglers fish in the Thames off the banks, for 

 roach ; and' at the Island, or Ait, just above Hampton 

 Court Bridge, called the " Angler's Retreat," is a very 

 quiet retired place ; from its banks many roach are 

 taken. In the "Weir hole, at the end of the Ait, 

 large trout, chub, pike, and barbel are caught ; also 

 in the Tumbling Bay Hole ; in fact, I do not know 

 any portion of the Thames having a more extensive 

 range for an angler. HARVEY, the tenant of this 

 island, and his family, are most civil, accommodating 

 persons ; he is licensed to sell beer, and furnishes din 

 ners, tea, &c. ; the charges are very moderate. If he 

 would constantly ground-bait the waters around the 

 Island, he might have the majority of the fish in that 

 large expanse of water from Teddington Lock up to the 

 Tumbling Bay, on one side of the island ; and from 

 Moulsey Lock to Sunbury Lock on the upper side, con 

 stantly about it ; and no angler would go thither, if 

 at all competent, without finding sport. His incli 

 nation is good to carry out the advice of his friends, 

 but his means are not equal to the performance of 

 this necessary, and advantageous duty to himself, and 

 family, who would be so much benefitted by the 

 number of anglers, which the certainty of sport 

 would attract to his domicile. The railway to Hamp- 



