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From Staines to Battersea, various places 

 are staked out, and bailiffs are appointed 

 to preserve the fish from being improperly 

 taken 5 within these places the angler may 

 expect good sport, with nearly all kinds of 

 fish. 



The River Lea contains many fine fish ; 

 it runs into the Thames at Blackwall. The 

 fish are well protected, and several miles 

 are preserved, to which an annual payment 

 admits you ; in some parts this is a guinea, 

 in others half a guinea. It contains jack, 

 pike, carp, tench, perch, barbel, chub, 

 bream, roach, dace, bleak, gudgeons, eels, 

 and sometimes a trout may be taken. 



The Mole, which empties itself into the 

 Thames at East Moulsey in Surrey, con- 

 tains pike, jack, perch, trout, chub, carp, 

 roach, dace, bream, gudgeons, and other 

 fish. There is good sport in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Esher, Leatherhead, Cobham, 

 Dorking, and Riegate. 



