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are caught here through the season. Gudgeons are 

 hkewise in immense numbers. Trout are scarce. 



The Whitb HorsB, Hackney Marsh, is a locality- 

 much frequented. The liberty of fishing here is let 

 out, either by the year or by the day. The subscription 

 for the season is ten shillings and sixpence ; this includes 

 the right of trolling for trout or jack. One shilling is 

 the charge for a day's sport, including fly-fishing and 

 bottom - fishing, but not trolling. There are great 

 numbers of fish here, and some capital sport is occa- 

 sionally obtained. 



The HoESE AND Geoom, at Lea Bridge, is a very old 

 angling station, having been used as such for upwards 

 of a century. The angler has here the liberty of two 

 miles of water on each side of the house ; and the terms 

 are precisely the same as at the White House. The 

 fish are commonly more numerous here than on any 

 other portion of the river, chiefly on account of the 

 locks being here, and the fish can ascend no farther 

 unless a passage be opened out for them. Sometimes 

 the fish may be seen in immense shoals about the vicinity 

 of the locks, and may readily be taken by even lowering 

 naked hooks among them. Trout of twelve, pike of 

 twenty-five, barbel of nine, and chub of four pounds, 

 have been taken out of the Lea in this locality. 



A portion of the river above Lea Bridge is free to 

 the angler, but the sport is very indifi'erent. 



Tottenham Mills is situated five miles from the city, 

 and about a mile farther up the stream is the subscrip- 

 tion water of the Blue House. The terms are half a 

 guinea for bottom-fishing, and a guinea for trolling. 



Bleak Hall is a favourite station. There is an 

 abundance of fishj and some trout of good size may 

 occasionally be hooked ; chiefly, however, by trolling. 

 The subscription is two guineas per annum for both 

 the waters of Bleak Hall and those of Chingfoed. 



Waltham Abbey is an interesting station; but the 

 chief portion of the river is in the hands of the Govern- 

 ment, and permission must be obtained from some of 

 the public servants in the Ordnance Department before 



