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destructive export of spawning fish. We 

 must all wish them success in the effort. 



It may have struck my readers that I 

 have not mentioned, among the pests of 

 the fisheries, the water-ouzel and the dab- 

 chick. I do this advisedly, as I have 

 inquired careful!}^ into the matter, and now 

 publish, b}'' permission of the Editor, the 

 correspondence, and the results wdiich have 

 been obtained through the medium of the 

 columns of " The Field.^^ 



" I enclose a water-ouzel, shot in the very 

 act of poaching C?) on a spawning ford. If 

 Mr. Buckland cannot find traces of roe in its 

 stomach, even making all allowance for 

 rapid digestion, I shall certainly spare the 

 lively, innocent little fellow in future. — Rifle- 

 man (Sutherland, Jan. 17)." 



