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You will find plenty of trout in the Wandle, at 

 Carshalton, Merton Mills, &c., till you arrive at 

 Wandsworth; in the Ravensbourne, from or by 

 Sydenham, Lewisham, &c., to the Kent Road, 

 Greenwich ; intheDarerit,atCrayford,Bexley,Foot's 

 Cray, Paul's Cray &c., and near the Powder Mills, 

 through and near Darent and Horton, to Farnirig- 

 ham. In the neighbourhood of Rickmans worth, 

 and from thence to Uxbridge, also, there are several 

 good trout streams. 



Carp. 



The carp is a shy and crafty fish, delighting in 

 ponds that have marly or clayey sides sheltered from 

 the wind, and producing weeds and long grass, on 

 which they feed ; and they will generally be found 

 in the deepest places, and also in deep holes near 

 flood-gates. 



For this fish, use running tackle, a small quill 

 float, fine clear gut line, and No. 8 hook. You 

 may commence fishing for carp, if the weather be 

 mild, from the end of February to the middle of 

 October. Bait with well-scoured red worms at the 

 commencement of the season, and in the summer 

 with gentles, and a paste made of honey and sugar 

 mixed with flour or new bread and worked up well 

 together. Keep out of sight as much as possible. 

 Ground-bait the place some hours before you begin 

 to angle; for which purpose you may use the paste 

 we have just been mentioning ; and it will not be 

 amiss if chicken's entrails, garbage, or blood, mixed 

 with bran or cow-dung, be also thrown in. You 

 may also use ale-grains, with a good proportion of 

 blood mixed with them, on the previous evening, 

 which will wonderfully attract not only carp but 

 also tench, roach, dace, and bream. When you 



