A GENERAL SURVEY. 9 



men. During the month of July, according to the FisJiing 

 Gazette, in a lake near Swindon, open on payment to the 

 public, Messrs. Wheatstone and Walker, of the Stanley 

 Anglers' Club, caught 230 lbs. of tench in five days. One 

 of these anglers, on July 9th, took with rod and line twenty- 

 five fish, nine being over 4 lbs., nine over 3 lbs., and seven 

 over 2 lbs.. The total weight of the days' angling was 

 89! lbs. 



These results, which speak for themselves, I give as they 

 occur to me at the moment, and not by any effort at 

 research. They fairly enough serve the purpose I have in 

 view, and if I wished to extend the list of good baskets, the 

 averages of the last five years, as they may be unearthed 

 from the periodical literature devoted to the subject, would 

 probably show as fine, and much finer sport in some of the 

 branches of angling upon which I have casually touched. 



But the rapidly increased and increasing number of 

 anglers in Great Britain should be a continual stimulus to 

 exertion in keeping up the stock of fresh-water fish. Such 

 an impetus has been given to the culture of Salmonida: of 

 all descriptions (adding latterly to the fish indigenous to 

 British waters, the brook trout of North America), that 

 there is little fear that they will be neglected. 



Private fish-hatching establishments have sprung up in 

 England as well as in Scotland, from which our colonial 

 rivers are being tenanted, and by which losses and deterio- 

 ration at home may be made good at any time ; and the 

 interesting collection of fish cultural appliances at the 

 Exhibition must have been, to hosts of observers during 

 the summer, a serviceable object lesson that cannot fail to 

 produce practical results in time to come. 



The increase of anglers, however — and this is a point we 

 are too apt to overlook in considering the general question 



