CHAPTER XL 



THE DOCKS, AND OTHER PLACES BOUND LONDON. 



THE East and West India Docks abound 

 with fish, chiefly roach, bream, and perch. 

 The East Docks are situated at the end of the 

 East India Road, near Blackwall, and the 

 West at the back of Limehouse, near to 

 Poplar. They belong now to one company, 

 named " The East and West India Dock Com- 

 pany." At both places there is an Import 

 dock and an Export dock ; and united to the 

 west docks, there is the Blackwall Basin, the 

 City Canal, and the Timber Basin. To fish 

 in any of these an order must be obtained 

 from the Company, signed by the Secretary, 

 or by some clerk for him ; and the Company is 

 very kind in giving orders to any respectable 

 person, if he first present at the office, Billiter 

 Square, a letter of recommendation from some 



