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stream to the left, running to supply Broxbourne mill, 

 that contains good fish ; a short distance farther on 

 will bring you to a wooden public house, kept by a 

 young man named Page, which was very lonely, but 

 latterly, a flour mill has been built at the weir close 

 by ; this water may be fished by any one taking 

 refreshment at Page's house, who is a very quiet, 

 inoffensive young man, and deserves to be encouraged, 

 as he has been a most dutiful son ; the fare here will 

 indeed be found to be very homely, but the prompt 

 arid cleanly manner, and also the civility accompa- 

 nying it, makes up for many deficiencies of a more 

 comfortable nature. 



The water above the house is deep and broad and 

 contains fine Jack ; the Oak tree field is about half u 

 mile upwards from the house opposite the tow path, and 

 is famous for Roach in the winter ; this water, on to the 

 weir near Crane's lock, at the end of the river Stort, is 

 now subscription water, at 10s 6d. per annum, each 

 subscriber; this is the last subscription water on the 

 Lea, and well worth belonging to by those who have 

 leisure to go the distance, At the weir there is 

 always a good Trout or two taken in the season, and 

 in the water above to the King's Arms, near the Rye 

 house, beyond this, there is good fishing, and above 

 the bridge near the house there is often a Trout 

 or two.* 



* In July, 1830, Mr. Richard Britton took a famous Trout, weighing 7&lbB. 

 with a black hackle and silver twist; the same day, or the evening previous, 



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