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The Ruislip Resertoir, near the Pinner Station, North- Western 

 Railway. 1 /. Is. per annum. Live bait found. A fine sheet of 

 water, with a good variety of fish, including perch, pike, and roach. 

 We believe a day ticket may be had, but are uncertain. It belongs 

 to the Grand Junction Canal. 



Frensham Ponds, near Farnham, Surrey. South- Western 

 Railway. Large numbers of perch ; ten or twelve dozen in a day 

 may be taken here, though mostly under a quarter of a pound. 

 1*. per day, with use of punt. It is a large sheet of water, near 

 three miles round. There are some tench and carp in the Jake, but 

 they do not take well. N.B. Take provisions, &c. 



Dagenham Breach, on the Essex Marshes, contains a large 

 stock of various sorts of fish pike, perch, carp, tench, bream, ludd, 

 roach, eels, &c. It is strictly preserved. Subscription, II. Is. per 

 annum, or 2s. per day. Apply to the keeper at the Brpach House. 



The Hampstead and Highgate Ponds, which contain a few 

 perch and carp, hardly need mentioning. 



There are some ponds, too, both on Clapham and Wandsworth 

 Common, which contain a few perch, carp, and roach, and are easily 

 approachable. 



There is a fine sheet of water in Wimbledon Park, which 

 contains good pike, perch, and roach ; and leave to fish which can 

 be obtained by applying to the County Fire Office, or to Barber 

 Beaumont, Esq., West Hill, Wimbledon Park. 



There is-also a good pond near Hanwell, containing pike, bream, 

 and tench in large numbers. The man at the mill charges Is. per 

 day for permission. 



In Richmond Park the Penn ponds contain numerous jack, 

 with fine perch, and very large carp ; but the ponds are very weedy. 

 Leave to be obtained of Col. Liddell, Deputy Ranger, 49, Cado- 

 gan-place, Sloane-street. A special permit is required to get the 

 punt, which is not always obtainable. 



Home Park, Hampton Court. Leave obtained at the Master 

 of the Horse's office. There are three ponds and the long canal. 

 The Cow-house Pond once held veiy fine jack, but it has lately 

 been cleaned out. The Hampton Wick ponds contain very fine 

 jack, but are so weedy as to be unfishable save in very high water. 

 The long canal holds a few jack, fine perch, and very large carp. 



Bushy Park. Leave to be obtained from the office of the Board 

 of Works. Capital pike fishing in the Diana ; but it is a very 

 uncettain pond, although there are plsnty of fine jack in it. There 

 is a small pond nearer to Hampton Wick, which has some very 

 fine jack ; but it is too weedy, save in very high water. 



Virginia Water and Cumberland Lake. An order here is 

 difficult to obtain; Col. F. H. Seymour, the Deputy Ranger, who 

 lives at Holly Grove, Windsor Park, is the person who grants 

 them. The Great Lake, at Cumberland Lodge, is the best place 

 for fishing, and here the jack are numerous and large, and the perch 



