108 THE ANGLER'S GUIDE. 



several boats are kept at both these places.* 

 Between here and Twickenham is some good 

 fishing from the banks, particularly in Ted- 

 dington meadows, where the fisherman will 

 readily find several favourite 'holes and swims 

 by noticing where his brother anglers have 

 tracked the ground. 



" Slow let us trace the matchless vale of Thames, 

 Far winding up to where the muses haunt 



In Twit'nam's bow'rs, 



. - . to royal Hampton's pile, 



To Clermont's terrass'd height, and Esher's groves."' 



TWICKENHAM 



is a charming spot, about eleven miles from 

 the metropolis, and has two good houses, 

 where the angler may take up his abode, and 

 have every attention paid him, namely, the 

 King's Head, and the George. Angling at 



* The attention of the boatman named Brown, at the 

 Wick, is well known to the anglers who fish about Kingston- 

 bridge and its vicinity. 



