he comes in sight of the pool where he had ascer- 

 tained, the night before, that some prime trouts were 

 lying, perceives that a party of strangers "both to 

 the parish and the love of angling are engaged in 

 netting it, with the native Goth who leads them on, 

 standing dry-shod on the "bank, directing their ope- 

 rations. 



" O that some fowler passing by 

 Would with his long duck-gun let fly, 

 Hit them between the hip and thigh, 

 And drive them from the water!" 



In the neighbourhood of two of the mills above 

 j <\ Drayton the water is preserved, and permission to 

 angle is not easily obtained. Below Burr's Mill, in 

 particular, there are at all times fine trout; and 

 the angler who should obtain leave to fish from 

 here uninterruptedly to Longford, would seldom 

 have reason to complain of want of success. The 

 greatest inconvenience which attends the fly-fisher 

 in the neighbourhood of London, is that he is mostly 

 confined to a limited space, and has not opportunity 

 of trying a sufficient extent of water; while, in dis- 

 tant parts of the county, he has the stream free for 

 miles, with ample scope to fish in rapid, pool, or 

 slack, as he may find the fish disposed to rise. For 

 often, as is known to every fly-fisher, trout may be 

 caught in pools, where the water runs with a gentle 

 current and rather deep, when they will not look at 

 the fly where the water runs more rapidly, and 



