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particular event in Walton's life unless it may 

 have been the Great Fire of London, which, 

 however, did not reach his residence in Fleet 

 Street (near the west corner of Chancery Lane) ; 

 the date on the Fishing House is 1674, which 

 is doubtless the date of its erection. Walton 

 had left Fleet Street, as well as his subsequent 

 residence on the west side of Chancery Lane, 

 a few doors from Fleet Street, before that 

 period. 



It is a pity the old signboard is not perfectly 

 accurate in this respect, but it sufficiently 

 indicates the proper route for weary travellers 

 to take from the turnpike road up the coach 

 drive which winds itself pleasantly through the 

 green meadow to the door of "The Izaak 

 Walton," and lands them comfortably in the, 

 tavern where it is good to be. This is surely 

 the kind of inn that Shenstone had in his 

 mind when he scratched these well-known lines 

 on the window of an inn : 



" Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, 

 Whate'er his stages may have been, 

 May sigh to think he still has found 

 His warmest welcome at an inn." 



And our host of " The Izaak Walton " has very 



