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boats or punts may be hired at the rate of five shillings per day, 

 attendance included; or seven shillings and sixpence if tackle and 

 baits are provided ; or by the hour, eiyhteen-pence with tackle, and one 

 shilling without. Boats and men. are always to be found at the foot 

 of the stairs on the Surrey side of the bridge.* 



TWICKENHAM adjoins Richmond, and commences just above the 

 bridge on the Middlesex side ; one side of the river, for more than a 

 mile, being called Twickenham, the opposite side Richmond. The 

 deep is 150 yards in length, and the fishing is now preserved 410 

 yards from the west end of the lawn of Pope's Villa to Twickenham 

 Ait. The barbel, roach, and dace are plentiful, though not generally 

 so large as at Teddington, Hampton, and Shepperton. But it is almost 

 useless to fish these deeps sooner than August or September. There is, 

 however, good fishing in the shallows, especially for dace. 



INNS, the King's Head (kept by Mr. Webber), and the George and 

 Dragon, both in the town ; the Swan, at the ferry ; the Crown (Mrs. 

 Clarke), and the Rising Sun (Pennycook), both in Richmond Road, 

 not far from the bridge. FISHERMEN, Richard Coxen and Son, Jno. 

 Harris, Robert Harris, William Chamberlain, Cole, and John Hen- 

 nessey. Mr. Coxen accommodates his customers with beds and refresh- 

 ments on moderate terms, and cooks fish well. 



Immediately abo^e the deep is a small island, called Cross-deep 

 Island, where very good sport may sometimes be had, with the fly for 

 chub and dace. TWICKENHAM AIT, on which stands the EEL-PIE HOUSE 

 (kept by Mr. Mayo), is a little below the preserve, and offers an excel- 

 lent place of accommodation; large chub are often taken under the 

 horse-chesnut trees, on the west end of this island. 



TEDDINGTON. The first lock and weir from London is at Teddington, 

 about a mile beyond Twickenham; a favourite resort of the lovers 

 of barbel-fishing, but there is no deep, and unless you ascertain the 

 pitch, you will have but little sport. Immense numbers of large barbel 

 are sometimes taken ; jack, pearch, and bream are also occasionally 

 taken, and there is very good gudgeon-fishing on the scowers above the 

 lock ; but the roach and dace-fishing is scarcely so good as at Richmond, 

 Ditton, and Hampton. 



Teddington is the first place in the river where trout are taken : the 

 Kemps, and many other anglers, have often taken trout at the weir from 

 5 to 14 pounds weight, by spinning bleak, with dace or gudgeon. 



There are some good stands for bank-fishing in the meadows below the 

 village, and above the lock. On an island called the TROLLOCK there 

 is excellent fishing in winter, and, indeed, in the autumn after a fresh. 

 Small jack are often taken on the Middlesex side of the Trollock. 



INNS, the Royal Oak, and the King's Head. FISHERMEN, Samuel 

 Kemp and Son (who keep a house of entertainment near the ferry), 

 James Kemp, and William Kemp ; William Deer and Joseph Baldwin. 



KINGSTON AND HAMPTON WICK. Kingston is a mile and a half from 

 Teddington, and twelve from London, and Hampton Wick is opposite. 



* MB. SPALDING, fishing-tackle manufacturer, close by Richmond Bridge, is 

 well acquainted with this part of the Thames, and being himself an angler, can 

 give any information likely to be required. 





