124 LAMPERNS AS COD BAIT. 



are much more valuable as bait, and a considerable 

 number are exported from the Severn to the fishing 

 ports on the east coast of England. They are the best 

 possible bait for cod. Large quantities of lamperns are 

 also caught in the Trent. In my Salmon Fishery 

 Report, 1878, I give the following information relative 

 to the lampern fishery in the Trent : *' A considerable 

 trade exists on the Trent in the supply of lamperns, 

 which are used as bait for the deep-sea fishermen ; as 

 many as 3,000 have been taken in one night at Newark, 

 and 5,000 have been taken at the same place in three 

 days. The lampern fishery begins at the end of Augu&i; 

 and goes on till March. The fish are sent alive in wicker 

 baskets to Great Grimsby and other parts, but it is neces- 

 sary that a man should go with them and keep stirring 

 them all the time." The Dutch fishermen are much 

 more clever in handling these baits than the English- 

 men. The greatest proportion of Thames lampern are 

 usually consigned to them. I strongly urge all river 

 fishery proprietors to catch all the lamperns they can, 

 and dispose of them as bait for the deep-sea fishing. 

 The merchants at Grimsby, Hull, Scarborough, &c., 

 will be glad to take them. 



SAND PRIDE. 



{Petromyzon brancJiialis. Ammoccctes hrancliialis.) 



Local names : Pride, Sand-pride, Sand-prey. Blue Lamprey^ 

 Mud-Lamprey, Sand-lurker, Stone-grig. German: Die Uhle. 

 French : Le Lamprillon. 



This little fish is very like the lampern, and seldom 

 exceeds eight inches long, and girth about the size of a 

 tobacco pipe ; by some it is said to be the young of 

 Petromyzon i^laneri, planer's lamprey. 



