IIO 



A DAY ON THE LEA 



will be able to tell me that this grand tree still 

 flourishes in the twentieth century. 



Between Hertford and Ware is the Chadwell 

 Spring, the source of the New River. The little 

 picture of it given below is taken from Mr. 

 Thome's book. 



What is of more interest to me and to my 



[Chadsvr&r Springs.] 

 CHADSWELL SPRING AS IT APPEARED IN 1844. 



readers is the fact that the banks of the river 

 Lea between Tottenham and Ware were the 

 scenes of that inimitable book, " The Complete 

 Angler," by Izaak Walton. It was indeed in 

 pursuit of any scrap of information about Izaak 

 Walton that I started on this literary pilgrimage 

 down the river. I find a long dissertation on 

 the character of the man, but not much about 



