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excellent places on Hounslow Heath, before it was 

 so much inclosed. Near the Powder Mills, the An- 

 gler may have, upon a respectful application, per- 

 mission for a day's fishing. From Isleworth to Houn- 

 slow, the water and land belongs to the Duke of 

 Northumberland; and, as usual, the greater the man, 

 the greater the difficulty to the Angler. At Longford 

 there is good Roach fishing, and some Jack. It was 

 here a friend of mine took a Jack with a lead plum- 

 met, while plumbing the depth for Roach; and, 

 strange to say, his son took a Jack the same way, at 

 the same place, if not at the same time ; there is good 

 fishing in this stream, till it joins the Colne at TJx- 

 bridge. The New, or King's River, runs nearly the 

 same, branching off at Longford from the Old River, 

 and runs through Bushy Park to the Thames. 



TROUT SETTER. 



A Butcher, in the neighbourhood of Uxbridge, was in posses- 

 sion of a Dog, who had lost, through his daie-devil exploits, an 

 ear and an eye, his tail was also curtailed, although he was no 

 cur, as his courage would prove, and his other faculties were in 

 perfect order. The Dog was the Butcher's inseparable companion, 

 and accompanied him wherever he went ; their dispositions were 

 similar, and they often wandered about the neighbourhood early 

 in the morning, the Butcher riding a favourite Welsh Pony, more 

 prized for his strength than his beauty ; the Pony was if possible 

 more attached to the Dog than the Dog to the Master. 



The Butcher had observed that his Dog was, by natural incli- 

 nation, fond of sporting, and encouraged him to a certain extent, 

 for at one season of the year, the hares are to be found early at 



