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there are some good holes near the banks, and on to 

 Kew bridge, above which there is a good deep hole, 

 and, when the tidf* serves, many good "Roach are 

 caught; at the back of Brentford town, in a field 

 called Old England, there is good, deep water, and 

 steady swims, and Barbel, Roach, Dace, and Chub 

 are caught ; opposite Isleworth church is a deep hole, 

 called, by Anglers in the neighbourhood, the Barbel 

 hole, this is a famous place in the Barbel season ; many 

 London fishers call this Prideux's Folly, an Angler of 

 that name having frequented this spot so often, when, 

 from the state of the weather or water, success was per- 

 fectly hopeless. Along- the barge path, and on to Rich- 

 mond bridge are several good swims, and near the bridge 

 are fine shallows for whipping for Dace ; above the 

 bridge there are capital deep swims, and much sport 

 may be expected in the season ; the shallows on to 

 Twickenham deeps will afford sport to the fly fisher. 

 Twickenham deeps are much resorted to, and good 

 sport often met with ; near Teddington lock there is 

 good angling, but the willow bed about a mile above, 

 called the Trowlock, is a most capital spot, this can 

 only be approached by a boat, which may be had of a 

 fisherman named Mace, living in a hut better than 

 half a mile on the London side of Kingston bridge, he 

 will boat you over, find you clay, and bring you back 

 again for sixpence.* Kingston has been long famous 



* He will also provide you \fith beer and breakfast, but the latter w 

 certainly very homely. 



