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retired. Then come the renowned Broxbourn 

 waters, kept by Mr. Binningfield, at the 

 Old Crown; here a great number of roach, 

 jack, and chub are taken every season, and 

 every attention is paid to anglers to make 

 them comfortable. And then, last but not 

 least, come the famous waters at the Old Rye 

 House, so renowned in history, kept by Mr. 

 Teal, which is decidedly a very pretty place, 

 and excelled by no other fishery on the Lea. 

 It has long been a favourite place for jack fish- 

 ing, and every other kind of fish may be taken 

 here in the season. Every attention is paid by 

 Mr. Teal to his subscribers and visitors, and 

 there is no place round London more calcu- 

 lated for a little piscatory pleasure. The river 

 from thence to the source is full of fish, among 

 which is a good number of fine trout. 



Thus we have just glanced at the Lea and 

 its fisheries, and we feel quite sure that there 

 is. no river in the kingdom that bears any 

 likeness to it for the fish it contains, and for 

 the pleasure it is calculated to give to the 

 lovers of angling. Some parts of it have been 

 preserved for nearly a century, and many 

 others for above half that time, and therefore 

 it must abound with fish. 



