266 FISHES AND FISHING. 



very strictly preserved ; but gentlemen properly in- 

 troduced are allowed to angle with a fly. 



At Pangbourne, also, it is said, there are large 

 trout in the Thames. 



I was' out in a punt, 'at Maidenhead, with an ex- 

 perienced fisherman, and tried spinning, and fly-fish- 

 ing during a whole day; I had .not a run with the 

 former, and only took some chub with the latter. I 

 was afterwards told, there was too much netting 

 going forward in that neighbourhood. 



The river Loddon, which enters the Thames op- 

 posite Shiplake, has the reputation of producing large 

 pike, and they are said to be numerous. 



In the Kew Eiver, above Hornsey, at a bend 

 where the water is wide, I have been informed dace 

 of three-quarters of a pound each are frequently 

 caught with a fly, similar to the cock-tail of the 

 Wandle ; and that in flavour they are equal, if not 

 superior, to many trout. In the preserved parts of 

 this river, about Southgate, Enfield, Winchmore Hill, 

 &c., there are carp, pike, chub, dace, large gudgeons, 

 and eels, all of a peculiar excellence. 



In the river Rib, where the road crosses it, at 

 Wade's Mill, about two miles from Ware, near Thun- 

 dridge, there used to be abundance of trout ; but I 

 cannot tell what there may be now. Also, at a flour 

 mill, about two miles beyond St. Albans. 



