66 SURREY. 



Languard Fort. The Aid, the Deben, the Blyth, the 

 Larke, and the Brett also flow through this county, 

 and, with the rivers already noticed, abound with fish, 

 some of them very fine, including cray-fish. 



XXXIV. SURREY. 



THE Thames we have noticed under Middlesex. The 

 other chief rivers of this county are the Mole, which 

 rises just within the borders of Sussex, and after dis- 

 appearing and re-appearing several times, flows onward 

 past Leatherhead and Cobham, and falls into the Thames 

 at Moulsey, opposite to Hampton Court ; the Wey, 

 which, rising in a double stream in Hampshire, flows 

 on by Farnham, Godalming, and Guilford, and reaches 

 the Thames a little below Weybridge ; and the Wandle^ 

 which, rising at Carshalton, and being joined by other 

 springs from Croydon and Beddington, runs by 

 Mitcham and Merton, and falls into the Thames at 

 Wandsworth. 



These rivers are well supplied with fish. About 

 Leatherhead, the Mole has plenty of small trout and 

 large dace, with a few chub, besides jack, roach, and 

 perch. Lower down, towards Moulsey, there are 

 plenty of deep swims, where are abundance of jack, 

 roach, dace, chub, pope, bream, perch, eels, &c. A 

 portion of the river near Moulsey is preserved for 

 angling, and is open to subscribers. 



The Wey has some very fine jack, chub, perch, and 

 eels, as well as large bream, roach, dace, and pope. 



The Wandle abounds with fine trout and eels, from 

 its source down to Mitcham, and in that part of it which 



