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angling is allowed. The waters are well supplied with, 

 all kinds of fish ; and trout have heen taken with both 

 fly and minnow, of considerable magnitude. 



Beoxbouenb, Page's Water, and the Rye House 

 are all good stations for bottom-fishing; but a mere 

 sprinkling of trout can only be expected under the most 

 favourable circumstances. 



The New Eiver is pretty well stocked with roach, 

 dace, and gudgeons, and is commonly open to anglers 

 from the Sluice House, situated about two miles from 

 Islington. On holiday-times it is often amusing to see 

 the scores of young anglers gathered together on the 

 banks of the stream, trying their 'prentice hand on the 

 gentle art. To have the privilege of fishing the 

 reservoirs of the New Eiver Company, tickets must be 

 obtained from some of the officials. 



FISHING IN the DOCKS AND PRIVATE WATERS 



The docks about London are to the bottom-fishers 

 in its various localities what the banks of Newfoundland 

 are to the regular trading fishmongers — a constant and 

 reliable source of supply. The quantities of fish in 

 these shipping reservoirs, estuaries, and canals are 

 surprisingly great ; and the number of rod-fishers who 

 frequent them exceeds all credibility. The majority of 

 the London anglers who make it a point to visit these 

 dead and still waters, obtain a sort of tact or intuitive 

 knowledge of their own, which enables them to gain 

 success in their amusement under the most untoward 

 and discouraging circumstances ; and the zeal, the 

 untiring enthusiasm, the labour, and personal privation, 

 that are witnessed among them every fishing season, 

 would scarcely be credited by anglers in the rural 

 districts of the kingdom, where the sport is so easily 

 and readily obtained and enjoyed. 



The docks in and about London are so large and 

 numerous, that they contain immense quantities of fish 

 of all kinds, but particularly such as suit the bottom- 

 fisher. They are likewise at a commandable and limited 



