464 NOTES ON FISHING WATERS. 



comprising the ENFIELD and SEWARDSTONE MILL fisheries, proprietor 

 Mr. J. Metcalf, Swan and Pike Tavern. These fisheries are situated 

 within twenty minutes' walk of the PONDER'S END station on the 

 Eastern Counties Railway. They are about three miles in length, and 

 of great depth and breadth, abounding with every description of 

 fresh- water fish. Subscription for the year one guinea, unlimited as 

 to fishing; or for light bottom-fishing only half a guinea; day ticket 

 one shilling. 



WALTHAM ABBEY is 1 2 miles from London. The water here, for the 

 space of at least two miles from Enfield, belongs to the government, 

 and is well stored with pike, pearch, barbel, chub, roach, and dace ; 

 and there are several weirs, or tumbling bays, here, where large trout 

 are sometimes taken. Permission to angle must be applied for to the 

 master-geueral, or some of the principal officers of the Ordnance, but 

 is not readily obtainable. Some of the waters, however, are let out by 

 government to different parties. The Corn-mill Stream, the Straits, the 

 Cob-mead, and the Broad-water fisheries, in all four and a half miles, are 

 rented by Mr. Wm. Clark of the King's Arms, an excellent inn, where 

 there is plenty of good fishing for pike, pearch, chub, roach, trout &c. 

 The subscription is II. Us. 6d., but Sunday fishing is not permitted. 

 Mr. Alger, also, of the Code Inn, can generally obtain a day's trolling 

 for his customers. The best months for fishing at Waltham Abbey 

 are September and October. 



The Lea then runs through CHESHUNT and WORMLET (the King's 

 Weir), where the waters are rented by Captain Saunders, and the sub- 

 scription is 21. 2s. for the season. There is perhaps no better fishing 

 on the river. 



BROXBOURNE FISHERY, rented by Mr. John Beuingfield (formerly T. 

 & G. Want), who is landlord of the Crown, a neat and very comfort- 

 able inn, surrounded with a large and pleasant garden. This is one of 

 the best stations on the Lea. The water extends five miles, is well 

 stored with fish, especially with pike and pearch, and has the advantage 

 of a waterfall, or tumbling bay, at each end of the preserve, where 

 trout are frequently t takeu ; and as Mr. Beningfield stocks his portion 

 of the river every year, the fishing is not likely to deteriorate. Sub- 

 scription for the season (beginning on the 1st of July) 21s. ; or, 

 inclusive of trout-fishing, 21. 2s. Each subscriber is allowed the 

 privilege of six free-tickets for friends. Day-ticket for trolling, two 

 shillings; bottom-fishing one shilling. Sunday fishing is permitted. 

 Live-bait, greaves, bran, &c., are supplied on reasonable terms. 



PAGE'S WATER is very good, and fishing similar to Broxbourne. INN, 

 the Fish and Eels, a comfortable house. The proprietor (Wm. Downing) 

 stuffs birds and fish, and deals in British insects. The subscription is 

 one guinea for the season, and the best months for jack and pearch in 

 these waters, indeed throughout the Lea, are September and October. 

 Above Page's the water is private, as far as Crane's Lock. 



THE PtYE HOUSE, HODDESDON (kept by Mr. Teale), 18 miles from 

 London, close to the Eastern Counties Station, is delightfully situated, 

 and the waters, which extend five miles and include two weirs, are 

 generally free to visitors staying at the house; they abound with 





