Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: angling stations on the Thames, and commence to point out those rivers in the respective counties, which, according to our arrangement, fall under the head of this chapter. rob Still 8Hater Jfisljmes IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE METROPOLIS. There are several places in the neighbourhood of London, where anglers can get a day's sport, for still water fish, at a small cost of time and money. These places are very much frequented by anglers who only have a day to spare for pleasure now and then. There are three Fisheries of this description, near the Shepherd's Bush, Bayswater; which is within a sixpenny ride from the Bank of England. They are good collections of water, a fair stock of barbel, roach, and dace, and there are good accommodations for refreshments. I have known a London angler take away thirty pounds weight of fish, from one of those small places of recreation. The names of these Fisheries, are, Willow Vale Fishery; Victoria Fishery, and the Star Fishery. tbra in Comities mar to MIDDLESEX. The rivers in this county are the Thames, the Colne, and the iea. The first has just been noticed ; we shall briefly touch upon the other two. The Lea arises out of Bedfordshire and flows into the Thames at Blackwall. It contains a great number of fish, of almost every variety found in the Thames, and it is consequently a favourite place of resort for London sportsmen. It flows through a very rich and pastoral country. There are a great number of subscription stations upon it, of various prices, and affording every facility to the angler which waters of this description can confer. The White House, Homerton, is a spot much frequented. A subscription ticket for the year is half a guinea, and for the day one shilling. There are pike, barbel, roach, carp, perch,... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.