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across the common, and is of considerable ex- 

 tent. It was intended to supply some streams 

 or canals in the neighbourhood, and from its 

 depth the fish are in a great measure preserved 

 from poachers ; it is well stocked with Perch, 

 Carp, Dace, Gudgeons, and Eels : the brook 

 abounds with the little singular fish called the 

 Loach or Stone Loach. 



Just on the entrance of Epping forest, by 

 the Green -Man, the angler will find a pond 

 abounding with large Carp and Eels. Near 

 this spot there are several other ponds, in 

 which are Carp, Tench, Eels, Roach, and 

 Crucian Carp, and also in a pond close to 

 the George, at Wanstead, and in the large 

 piece of water near the Golden Eagle, at 

 Snaresbrook is a subscription water stocked 

 with Jack, Pike, Carp, Eels, &c. All these 

 waters are within a mile of each other. 



