92 TRIBUTARIES OF THE THAMES. 



The Brent rises in the north of Middlesex, runs through 

 Edgware and Hen don ; where there is some good water for 

 Jack, Perch and Roach ; thence to Kingsbury, where the 

 fishery belongs to the Welsh Harp public-house, on the 

 Edgware Road, three miles from Kilburn Gate. At the 

 Kingsbury fishery some large Pike and Perch have been 

 taken ; the annual subscription is one guinea, or half-a-crown 

 a day. The Brent then runs through Greenford, Hanwell, 

 past Osterly Park to Brentford, where it runs into the 

 Thames. 



The Hog's-mill river rises near Epsom, in Surrey, and 

 passing Ewell and Maldon, running into the Thames at 

 Kingston. 



The Mole is formed by the union of several small streams 

 that rise on the borders of Sussex, but is an insignificant 

 stream for some distance after it has left that county, entering 

 Surrey, it passes Horley and Reigate, through Betch worth 

 Park to Dorking. Mickleham, Norbury Park to Leatherhead, 

 where there is some good Trout-fishing. At Pains's-hill Park, 

 near Cobham, there is some very go6d Pike and Perch-fishing, 

 but permission to fish is requisite. The Mole then winds by 

 Esher, and separates into two branches ; one runs by Ember 

 Court, arid enters the Thames near Thames Ditton, the other 

 passes through the little village of East Moulsey, and joins 

 the Thames at Hampton Court. The Chub-fishing is good. 



The Wey has its source about a mile south-west of Alton, 

 in Hampshire ; the river flows through the town, but is a 

 very small stream for a long while after it quits it. The 

 Wey enters Surrey near Farnham, and passing by Godalming, 

 is joined by the Arun and Wey Canal, near Guildford. 

 About a mile beyond Woking is Newark Priory. At Byfleet 

 there is capital fishing in the Park. The Wey then runs by 

 Wey bridge, and enters the Thames, being joined in the latter 

 part of its course by the Basingstoke Canal. There is good 

 fishing in nearly the whole of this river ; some parts are 

 open water, but permission to fish is, in nearly all cases, 

 readily obtainable where the river runs through parks or by 

 farm lands. 



The Bourne Brook rises near Bagshot, and runs by Chob- 



