It would seem that a similar sacrifice has been made by Royalty in the
case of the Old Deer Park, but that the public are excluded by the Office
of Woods and Forests, which has charge of it, and the park neglected and
disfigured. If it were put on the same footing as Richmond Park upon the
hill, and communication were open between the park and Kew Gardens at
proper hours, an unequalled domain, still the property of the Crown, but
enjoyed within reasonable limitations by every subject, would be open from
Kew Green practically to Kingston. The line from the boundary of the Old
Deer Park is taken on by Richmond Green, and the towing-path to the
Terrace Gardens, formerly the property of the Duke of Buccleuch, and now
of the Richmond Corporation, thence by the terrace and the open slope
under it to Richmond Park, through Sudbrook Park to Ham Common, a series
of varied scenery unrivalled even in the valley of the Thames.
FISH IN THE LONDON RIVER
The capture of a 4-lb. grilse in the Thames estuary in December, 1901,
raised some hopes that we might in course of time see salmon at London
Bridge. Mr. R. Marston, a great authority, in an article on "The Thames a
Salmon River," in the _Nineteenth Century_, has given many reasons
why he fears that this will not be realised.
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