PASSING FISH OVER A DAM. 57 
of the obstruction. The Conservators of the Dart, failing 
the construction of an efficient pass at Totnes Weir, have 
for some years adopted this expedient, with very satis- 
factory results, considerable numbers of spawning fish, kept 
back by the dam, having been caught, and set free again 
where they could continue their journey to the spawning 
beds. 
