THE JOLLY ANGLER. 



THE SWAN AT DITTON 



ranks high among the favourite resorts of the London 

 angler, where he may meet with every accommodation he 

 can wish for, with as good a prospect of success as at any 

 part of the river that I am acquainted with*. There are 

 many fine Gudgeons caught during the early part of the 

 season from here down to Richmond (see GUDGEON- 

 FISHING). After the Swan, we come to 



KINGSTON, 



another good situation for angling from a punt, or from 

 the shore on the Middlesex side, during the early spring 

 months. The ancient wooden bridge used to harbour a 

 great quantity of fine Barbel, &c.; but those decayed 



* 1 consider this neighbourhood the most productive of every 

 thing an angler can desire, as the distance from London is not above 

 twelve miles, with the chance, if you stay a day or two, of spend- 

 ing your evenings in company with some old sportsmen, from whom 

 you may learn something; a circumstance that has entertained me 

 nearly as much as the sport itself. . 



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