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ham, entering the Thames at Ham-Haw Point, near Wey 

 bridge. A branch of the Bourne joins Virginia Water, 

 Windsor Park. 



The Abbey Mill River, which runs at the back of Chertsey 

 and joins the Thames near Chertsey Weir, has some good 

 Jack, Perch and Roach. Permission to fish is required. 



The Colne rises in Hertfordshire, near St. Albans, and 

 flows past Two- waters through New Barnes, Watford and 

 Loudwater to Rickmansworth ; the water here for nearly 

 four miles is preserved by a Club, the number of members 

 being limited ; the subscription is ten guineas per annum. 

 The Trout-fishing here is first-rate ; Pike are occasionally 

 taken,* and very fine Perch. Below Rickmansworth there is 

 good fishing in the Coppermill stream^ which is preserved. 

 The Denham fishery is also very good. At Uxbridge is 

 Barrat's Water, where the Trout run from three to four 

 pounds weight, but being shy require fine fishing. Jack and 

 Perch are also plentiful. The subscription is four guineas 

 per annum. The next is the Thorny-Broad fishery, at West 

 Drayton, where some good Jack and Perch are occasionally 

 taken ; but it is specially noted for large Dace. The water 

 is about two and a half miles in length, but is in some places 

 very weedy. The annual subscription is half-a-guinea. 

 Leaving West Drayton, we come to Colnbrook, and from 

 thence to Staines, where this branch of the Colne falls into 

 the Thames. There are other branches of this river, run- 

 ning near Bedfont, where some good Pike fishing is to be 

 had when the water is high. A Pike was taken here, in 

 1854, weighing twenty pounds. Through Han worth Park, 

 Twickenham, through the grounds of Sir W. Clay, and the 

 Powder-mills at Hounslow, to Isleworth, where it joins the 

 Thames. 



The Wick rises near West Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, 

 passes High Wycombe, Loudwater, and Woburn, falling into 

 the Thames, near Cookham. 



The Lodden has its source in Hampshire, near Basing- 

 stoke. At Old Basing it feeds some ponds, in which there 

 are some very fine Pike. At Strathfield-Turgis I have 

 taken large Pike with the live bait, but the river here is 



