114 THE ANGLER'S GUIDE. 



HERTFORD 



is a borough, and the county, town of Hert- 

 fordshire, twenty-one miles from London, a 

 place of great note formerly, but now exceed- 

 ingly dull, except at the assize time, or when 

 an election for a member of parliament takes 

 place. The angler may take some good Trout, 

 Dace, &c. in this neighbourhood, and fish 

 the river Lea to Ware, about a mile distant. 



WARE 



is a large and populous market town, on the 

 High North Road, twenty miles from London, 

 situated close to the river Lea, and has many 

 fine Trout, Eels, &c. in the water around it : 

 this river is a free fishery from Ware to Stan- 

 stead, between which towns you pass near the 

 little village of Am well, celebrated in senti- 

 mental poetry, by Mr. Scott, where there is a 

 curious epitaph in the church-yard, much 

 read and considered it is as follows : 



