A VIEW 



OF 



THE PRESENT STATE 



OF THE 



SALMON 



AND 



CHANNEL-FISHERIES, 



AND OF THE 



STATUTE LAWS 



BY WHICH THEY ARE REGULATED; 



SHOWING, THAT IT IS TO 



. THE DEFECTS OF THE LATTER THAT THE PRESENT SCARCITY OF 

 THE FISH IS TO BE ATTRIBUTED. 



COMPREHENDING ALSO 



THE NATURAL HISTORY AND HABITS OF THE SALMON, 



WITH 



SOME OF ITS PECULIARITIES HITHERTO UNDESCRIBED. 



TOGETHER WITH 



THE FORM OF A NEW ACT, 



DESIGNED TO REMEDY THE EVILS SO GENERALLY COMPLAINED OF; 



AND AN ABSTRACT OF 



THE EVIDENCE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE 

 OF COMMONS UPON THE SUBJECT, 



WITH NOTES. 



By J. CORNISH, Eso. 



Truth needs no ornament : in my opinion what she borrows of the pencil 

 is deformity. Junius. 



Then consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds. Judges, xix. SO. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR 



LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN, 



PATERNOSTER-ROW. 



1824. 



J3 



