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lected, particularly since the dwelling-house 

 was consumed by fire, which happened about 

 two years since. 



At Stratford, Bromley, and West-Ham 

 mills, a great many good Roach, Dace, &c. 

 are taken ; but it is very unpleasant fishing, 

 the tide leaving the banks extremely dirty 

 and slippery : the angler is also continually 

 annoyed by the many passengers, as to cc what 

 sport?" " do the fish bite?" and other rude 

 interrogations. About a mile below Bromley, 

 at Blackwall, the river Lea is lost in the ma- 

 jestic Thames. 



