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very strictly preserved ; but gentlemen properly in 

 troduced are allowed to angle with a fly. 



At Pangbourne, also, it is said, there are large 

 trout in the Thames. 



I was out in a punt, at Maidenhead, with an ex 

 perienced fisherman, and tried spinning, and fly-fish 

 ing during a whole day ; I had not a run with the 

 former, and only took some chub with the latter. I 

 was afterwards told, there was too much netting 

 going forward in that neighbourhood. 



The* river LODDON, which enters the Thames op 

 posite Shiplake, has the reputation of producing large 

 pike, and they are said to be numerous. 



In the NEW KIVEH, above Hornsey, at a bend 

 where the water is wide, I have been informed dace 

 of three-quarters of a pound each are frequently 

 caught with a fly, similar to the cock- tail of the 

 Wandle ; and that in flavour they are equal, if not 

 superior, to many trout. In the preserved parts of 

 this river, about Southgate, Enfield, Winchmore Hill, 

 &c., there are carp, pike, chub, dace, large gudgeons, 

 and eels, all of a peculiar excellence. 



In the river KLB, where the road crosses it, at 

 Wade's Mill, about two miles from "Ware, near Thun- 

 dridge, there used to be abundance of trout ; but I 

 cannot tell what there may be now. Also, at a flour 

 mill, about two miles beyond St. Albans. 



