dace, and gudgeons are taken, as well as perch', ruff, and 

 "barbel, during the season. Pope, as is known to every- 

 one, lived at Twickenham; and once when rowing past 

 the house, which is still standing, much, enlarged and 

 modernized, the waterman called our attention to Pope's 

 " willa." Having heard much of the willow which the 

 hard is said to have planted with his own hand, and 

 cuttings of which were sent to her imperial majesty 

 Catherine of Russia, we were wishful to obtain "both 

 a sight and a slip ; and desired the man to point out, 

 among a dozen others which shaded the margin of the 

 stream, the identical tree. " Tree, master," replied he, 

 "ita'n'tno tree, "but a house: that ere is it, what we 're 

 now a-passing right in front of." We now perceived 

 that, from his having pronounced willa instead of villa, 

 we had mistaken a house for a tree. 



From Twickenham to Hampton Court is a pleasant 

 walk of three miles, the road leading for upwards of a 

 mile through Bushey Park, between a noble avenue 

 of lofty trees; but the most preferable course for the 

 angler to take, who wishes to enjoy two or three days' 

 fishing between Hampton Court and Richmond, is to 

 proceed direct. to the former place, and thence fish 

 downwards by Thames Ditton, Kingston, and Twick- 

 enham, to Richmond Bridge. This part of the Thames, 

 though scarcely affording so good angling as between 

 Hampton Court and Chertsey, is far superior in pic- 

 turesque beauty; and he who has sailed down it on 

 a fine summer evening when the setting sun, casting 

 a farewell glance through the rosy clouds, sheds a 





