not admit of netting, near Newbury, last summer, 

 and though frequently tempted, both by night and 

 by day, with the most alluring flies and killing 

 baits, he continued uncaught when we heard from 

 an angling friend at Newbury, on the 2d September, 

 who wrote to say that the day before he had shot 

 five brace of birds, and in the evening killed just 

 half as many trout. 



The householders of Hungerford, nine miles 

 above Newbury, have the right, by virtue of a 

 grant from John of Gaunt it is said, of fishing in 

 the Kennet, for a certain distance above and below 

 the town. The water, to the extent of their privilege, 

 is at present rented by a person of the name of 

 Rozier, who nets it, and gains a living by selling 

 the fish. A stranger, however, who wishes to try a 

 cast here, may obtain liberty on paying a small sum 

 to the renter. The town liberty, upwards, extends 

 to the grounds of Mr. Pearce, of Chilton Lodge; and 

 his property again, higher up, is joined by that of 

 General Popham, of Littlecote. The fish are strictly 

 preserved by these gentlemen; and no person is 

 allowed to angle in their respective waters without 

 leave. The skilful fly-fisher, who is so fortunate as to 

 obtain permission to fish to the extent of both these 

 gentlemen's- liberties, will have little reason to envy 

 those who go farther for their amusement, and per- 

 chance fare worse. Gay, the poet, who was also a 

 fly-fisher, is said to have frequently angled in this 

 stream, when staying at Amesbury, in Wiltshire, 



