CHAPTER IX. 



THE KIVEE LEA, AND ITS PISHEKIES. 



No river round London is such a favourite 

 with anglers as the Lea, and no one is better 

 stored with the various kinds of fish that are 

 common in rivers. It contains trout, jack, 

 roach, dace, bream, carp, tench, gudgeon, 

 bleak, eels, &c., and all these are as fine of 

 their kind as are to be found in any other 

 river in the kingdom, and some of them finer. 

 It being fishable too so near the metropolis, 

 renders it a great source of attraction; and 

 there being railway stations now near to the 

 fisheries which it contains, makes them acces- 

 sible to all who feel disposed to enjoy the 

 pleasure of breathing pure air for a few hours 

 while engaged in angling recreation. The 

 Londoner may now spend an hour or two in 

 angling as easily as he can make a call on a 

 relation or friend, or see the newspaper and 

 have a chat over politics. He may put his 



