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arid perseverance alone necessary, for when you have 

 hooked a large fish, all your judgment will be required 

 to land him ; swimming steadily to whatever part of 

 the water he is disposed for, in spite of your endeavours 

 to the contrary, nor is it well to oppose him, only 

 holding tolerably tight against him, he will try every 

 means to disengage himself; if in a river; he will 

 sometimes make a steady course to the opposite bank 

 and then back under your feet, then up and down, 

 taking every advantage of weeds, posts, &c. and when 

 you consider him subdued he will start again as fresh 

 as ever ; I need not say a tight line is almost useless 

 in angling for large Carp. 



Bream, Carp, and Tench angling are nearly similar, 

 only that Carp are more cunning, for in the Portmore 

 park, near Weybridge, Surrey, I was contesting for 

 nearly an hour with a large Carp, and in spite of my 

 utmost endeavours, we were obliged to part, he broke 

 me. The Carp in this river are the most beautiful of 

 the kind, excelling all I have seen. Many fine Carp 

 are taken in the Horse and Groom Fishery, Lea 

 bridge, about April, also at Beresford's water below. 

 Many ponds near London contain fine Carp, (Oatlands , 

 Wanstead, Hampstead, &c.) 



