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addition to its waters, runs through Hatfield Park, the seat 

 of the Marquis of Salisbury. The river here assumes the 

 appearance of a lake, and is full of Pike and Perch, with a 

 very fair quantity of Trout. Above Hatfield is Brocket Hall 

 and Park. Here again the Lea spreads out into a spacious 

 lake, and abounds with large fish. Large Pike have been 

 taken in these waters with the flies mentioned in Chap. IV., 

 especially at Hatfield Park. 



At Wheathampstead, near the paper mills, there is very 

 good fishing. Above here the Lea flows through Luton Park, 

 where there is good Trout and Pike-fishing, in the lakes 

 supplied by the stream which flows past the little town of 

 Luton from Houghton Regis in Bedfordshire, near which 

 village is the source of 



THE LEA, 



C H*A P T E R III. 



TRIBUTARIES OF THE THAMES continued. 



'HE Darent is a small Trout-stream in Kent ; being for 

 the most part strictly preserved, good sport may be 

 had with the fly, fishing very fine with small flies. 

 1 have had some extremely good takes in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Eynsford and Farningham. The Darent joins 

 the Cray, falling into the Thames near Erith. 



The Roden rises between Dunmow and Stanstead, passes 

 Canfield, Chipping Ongar, Chigwell, Woodford, Wanstead, 

 and Ilford, joining the Thames near Barking. 



The Wandle is a Surrey Trout-river, extremely clear and 

 requiring small flies, such as a very small hare's-ear or 

 blue-dun, and the carshalton cocktail. The may-fly is never 

 seen on this river, the greater portion of which ia preserved ; 

 the most noted part where the fishing is free is at Hack- 

 bridge, The Wandle enters the Thames at Wandsworth. 



