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propriety to the hat of the young " Friend," who is 

 moved to absent himself from the meeting for the 

 sake of fishing in the Lea; and his coat, cucumber 

 no longer, is distinguished by the style of its cut, 

 showing the skill of the " artiste," who could thus 

 equip a quaker in a garment of the first fashion, 

 without subjecting him to expulsion from the 

 Society. Those who reside in a distant part of the 

 country, but more especially the people of Scotland, 

 will be surprised to learn that on a Sunday, during 

 the summer, there is more angling in the Lea, from 

 Stratford to Broxbourn, than on any other day in 

 the week. Then may be seen persons of all ages, 

 from the urchin just breeched to the old and slip- 

 pered pantaloon, practising angling in all its cockney 

 varieties; whipping, dabbing, bobbing, and bottom- 

 fishing, with flies, maggots, paste, and worms. The 

 gentleman who is well to do in the world leaves 

 his wife and family, and drives to Broxbourn or 

 Hoddesdon in his "one-horse shay;" others, not quite 

 so well off, take a shilling ride by the short stages 

 to Tottenham or Edmonton; and the less wealthy, 

 though equally respectable, trudge out with rod on 

 shoulder, and bait-pan in hand, to enjoy the free 

 fishing between Lea Bridge and Tottenham, well 

 supplied with brains from the sheep's head, pur- 

 chased on the Saturday night for Sunday's dinner, 

 which they chew raw,* and spit into the water as 



* The brains are to be chewed and spit out of your mouth iuto the 

 water, as grouud-bait, to entice the Chub. Sailer's Angler's Guide, pay? 

 70. Edit. 1830. 



