102 LAKES, PONDS, &C. 



of minnows, as ten or twelve dozen Perch may be taken in a 

 day. The keeper at the pond charges about a shilling per 

 day. 



At Ilford, in Essex, there is a lake and a couple of ponds, 

 containing some fine Pike and Perch. I have taken some 

 good Pike here with the live bait, but the water is very 

 weedy. 



Kingsbury Reservoirs, on the Edgware Road, belong to the 

 Welsh Harp Fishery, on the river Brent, which supplies 

 these reservoirs. They contain a great quantity of Jack and 

 Perch, and are in the subscription to the above fishery ; the 

 terms are a guinea per annum, or half-a-crown per day. 

 Punts may be hired for a small sum at the Welsh Harp pub- 

 lie-house, which adjoins the water. 



Stoke Neivington Reservoirs. In these there are some good 

 Jack and Perch ; as many as sixteen of the former have been 

 taken in about a couple of hours. Tickets are obtained from 

 the Directors of the New River Company. 



Horsea Mere and Heigham /Sounds. Two lakes, a few 

 miles north of Yarmouth, have long been celebrated for 

 large Pike and Bream, and bear also the name of the Norfolk 

 Broads. 



The Lakes of Cumberland. Such as Ullswater, Basingth- 

 waite water, Buttermere, Crummock water, and numerous 

 others, are all well supplied with large Pike and Perch, as 

 well as Trout, and some of them contain Char. 



Tlie Lakes of Westmoreland, especially Windermere (which 

 is over 14 miles long, and in some parts nearly two miles 

 broad), are well stocked with fish. 



The Lakes of Lancashire will also afford good sport to the 

 angler ; Esthwaite-water, especially, is noted for large Pike, 

 and Coniston-water is said to produce the best Char in 

 England. 



In Cheshire are many large weirs and pools, which abound 

 with Pike, Perch, &c. 



Of the numerous canals intersecting the country, which 

 contain Jack and Perch, those nearest London, are 



The Surrey Canal, which joins, near New Cross, the 

 remains of the Croydon Canal. Perch and Jack have been 

 taken here in considerable numbers. 



