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Trout ; below the bridge on the right the fishing is 

 free till you reach Randall Park ; there is excellent 

 fly fishing in this neighbourhood. In the pool or mill 

 head of Mr. Ellis's mill at Fetcham, within a few 

 yards of the bank, you can perceive the water boiling 

 out from the sand in several places sufficient to supply 

 the mill ; I am inclined to think this is an irruption 

 of the waters of the Mole, but some say it is a spring 

 head, independantly of the river, as the water is 

 so hard no fish can exist in it ; however it is very 

 curious and well worth looking at. Below Randall 

 park is the old mill hole, further down the devil's 

 hole, and on by Steers's farm, past what is called the 

 creek to Sly ford mill. Below Steers'sfarm the water 

 is heavy, and continues so through Cobham and on to 

 Esher; I forgot to say that near the farm on the oppo- 

 site side from Leatherhead, there is a famous hole, and 

 many good Trout are taken by bottom fishing, also 

 at the old mill hole on to the orchard at Steers's. 



Near Slyford mill it is a Jack water ; the Roach 

 hereabouts in the winter are taken l^lb. each very 

 frequently. Very large Chub are taken in the Mole 

 in the neighbourhood of the Copper mill at Esher, and 

 in fact every other fish, excepting Trout, which cease 

 to be numerous below Slyford, tho' you may take now 

 and then a large one at the mill tails ; on the other 

 hand, Jack, Perch, and white fish are taken in great 

 quantities, all the way to the Thames. 



The Mole near Esher is protected naturally by 

 banks, bushes, trees, &c. so that there will always be 



