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that can be had as bait at most of the places we have named. 

 In fact, in the Thames there is a superabundance of sport of its 

 kind, and plenty of accommodation for anglers, with wise " pro- 

 fessionals " to teach them the art ; and although the best sport 

 that can be enjoyed on this lovely stream is greatly different 

 from the trout-fishing of Wales or Scotland, it is good in its 

 degree, and tends to health and high spirits, and an anxiety to 

 excel in tis craft, as one can easily see who ventures by the side 

 of the water about Kew and Richmond. 



" With hurried steps, 

 The anxious angler paces on, nor looks aside, 

 Lest some brother of the angle, ere he amve, 

 Possess his favourite swim." 



THAMES ANGLEES.-*-FR0M AN OLD PICTURE. 



I come now to the pereh, a well-known because common 

 fish, about which a great deal has been written, and which is 

 easily taken by the angler. There are a great number of spgcies 

 of this fish, from the common perch of our own canals and lochs 

 to the "lates" of the Nile, or the beautiftd golden-tailed 



