56 MIDDLESEX. 



Accordingly 11 00 stakes were planted, and eleven boats 

 were sunk in proper directions. 



The following are the tracts of waters that have been 

 given to the society, as preserves, by the corporation of 

 London: 



YARDS. 



Penton Hook. Fresh water to be preserved. From the 

 head piles at the west end of Penton Hook, round the 

 Hook to the east end of the lock 1150 



At Chertsey. From the end of the present preserve, 

 which begins at the weir, and runs east, to the com- 

 mencement of the preserve, which begins eighty yards 

 from the westward of the bridge 105 



At Sunbury. From the east of the 1 00 yards running from 

 the weir eastward to join the preserve, commencing at 

 the church and running eastward 218 



Also from the east end of the preserve, commencing at 

 the church to the pile of the breakwater 225 



At Hampton. From the east end of the present preserve 



to the Tumbling Bay 350 



Total 2048 



From which are to be deducted 150 yards given up by the 

 Society. 



Gudgeon fishing, in the Thames, commences in June, 

 and continues through July. Barbel fishing is finest 

 from the beginning of August till the end of Novem- 

 ber; and roach fishing from Michaelmas to Christmas. 



It should be borne in mind, that when the air is cold, 

 the wind up, the water rough, and the weather wet, it 

 is in vain to angle in the Thames. 



FISHING STATIONS AND FISHERMEN ON THE THAMES. 



The following list of houses of accommodation and of 



