110 THE ANGLER'S GUIDE. 



near Ware, in Hertfordshire, there is a fine 

 piece of water, full of large jack, perch, trout, 

 roach, dace, &c. Only a select number of 

 subscribers is allowed, and the subscription, 

 we are informed, is 21. 2s. A few miles 

 nearer London, in the same locality, is the 

 Royden Canal, which is a capital piece of 

 water, well stored with all the different tribes 

 of the scaly race, jack being plentiful, and 

 some very fine roach. It is a water not much 

 known by anglers, or it would doubtless be 

 fished and prized more, and it is quite free 

 for the angler. It comes from Burnt Mills, 

 and unites with the Lea at Royden, and there 

 are several miles of it, beside some small back 

 pieces. By taking a ticket to Royden, on the 

 Eastern Counties Railway, you will be put 

 down close to it. At Snaresbrook, about six 

 miles from London, on the road to Wood- 

 ford, there is a large pond belonging to the 

 Eagle Inn, in which is a good many jack, 

 perch, eels, &c., and it is free for anglers who 

 put up at the house. 



The next water we have to name is the river 

 Roden, in Essex ; it rises near Dunmow, and 

 flows through Epping Forest, on to Barking, 

 and runs from thence into the Thames. It 



