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water in the Kensington Gardens, which con- 

 tains bream, roach, and perch, and where a 

 great number may be taken, if you keep out 

 of sight, and can get other persons to do the 

 same. But let it be borne in mind, that at all 

 such places as these a long rod is very neces- 

 sary, as the fish will not come very near to the 

 sides.; and that is one grand reason why per- 

 sons do not succeed in these places, and only 

 get small fish. It is not because there are no 

 large fish in them, for there must be thou- 

 sands, but because they cannot be reached, 

 and they are too shy to come near the angler. 



The next water worthy of notice is Kings- 

 bury's, which is five miles from Hyde Park 

 Corner, on the Edgeware Road. It abounds 

 with jack and perch, more so than any other 

 piece of water round London. The subscrip- 

 tion is I/. Is. a-year, and day-tickets can be 

 purchased on the spot for 2s. each. Some two 

 or three years back, a labouring man, who 

 was a good angler, bought a day-ticket, and 

 took as many jack in one day out of this 

 water as he sold for 2/. ; from which inci- 

 dent we may judge of the number it must still 

 contain. 



The Reservoirs at Stoke Newington are well 



