THE 



LONDON ANGLER'S BOOK, 



OR 



WALTONIAN CHRONICLE, 



CONTAINING MUCH 



ORIGINAL INFORMATION TO ANGLERS GENERALLY 



COMBINED WITH NUMEROUS 



AMUSING SONGS AND ANECDOTES 



OF FISH AND FISHING, 



NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED. 



TOGETHER 



WITH AN ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIPTION 

 vF THE THAMES, FROM LONDON BRIDGE TO STAINES, 



THE LEA FROM THE THAMES 

 TO HERTFORD, THE WANDLE, THE MOLE, THE WEY, 



THE COLNE, 



THE BRENT, THE RODING ; AND EVERY RIVER AND STREAM 



WITHIN 20 MILES OF LONDON, 



WORTH FISHING IN. 



And this our life, exempt from public haunt, 

 Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, 

 Sermons in stones, and good in every thing. 



SHAKSPEARE. 



LONDON : 

 PUBLISHED BY JOHN BADDELEY, 



63, COMPTON STREET, GOSWELL STREET, 



And Sold by all Booksellers and Fishing Tackle Makers. 



PRINTED BY G. PARSONAGE, 149, OLD STREET. 



MDCCCXXXIV. 



