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no person, betoreen the 10th day of 
September and the 25th day of January in every year, 
shall.fish in the said river of Thames, or watersof Med- 
way, for salmon, with any net or nets, engine or device; 
‘ or within that time take, kill, or d in the said ri- 
walasgerenaies atthe, casiaa te Si odinde 
ve ‘or every su ence. 
5. Item, That no person shall fish with any net, or 
lay or haul any mesh, ine, or device whatsoever in 
the said river or waters, from sun-setting on Saturday 
ight, until sun-rising on Monday ing, at any time 
of the year, under a penalty of forty shillings for every 
ce. 
18. Item, That no person shall bend any net by an- 
chors, or otherwise thwart the channel, or draw any 
other net, éngine, or device, into, upon, or near it; or 
use any net with any false or double bottom, cod, or 
, under the penalty of five pounds for every such 
- 20. Item, That no person shall fish, or attempt to 
take fish, with any sort of net in the night-time, or be- 
fore sun-rising, or after sun-setting. at any time in the 
in the said river Thames, between Richmond 
idge and the city of London’s mark stone above 
Stainesbridge, under a penalty of five pounds for every 
such offence. 
24, Item, That no salmon ht in the Thames or 
Medway, shall be exposed to 
‘six pounds, 
AT. Item, That no person shall put down at the mouth 
bee 
ing into the said river or waters, or at any mill or 
dtuige Githin the andl jorteion icti ; 
nalty of five pounds for every such offence. 
55. Deie, Sheeaib phoun anil have: ac , or 
fix up, drive down, or place, or cause to be fixed up, 
drove down, or placed in any part of the said river 
or waters of Medway, any wear, stank, 4 
eo silt ieatads che Bhd 7 en 
‘on aforesaid, u a penalty of five 
for every offence, in breach of any part of this order.” 
Such are the ordinances the salmon fish- 
the water bailiff, or his assistants, to ive notice of tres- 
passes, and the committing never escai 
unpunished. The above articles are not chtelly ser_24 
in order, as the intervening ones apply to other fish than 
e salmon 
It is much to be wished, that similar regulations 
saucted for the conservation of our rivers in Scotland 
That salmonhave c years greatly i f 
Sedigecd bs ey ae oa ee ich ve wil not 
tat this fishery wll fourah an Ndevie pe 1 modes 
their spaw unds be. y 
this purpose af ake, tok, and other eaten aoe 
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by particular grants now inherit or possessthem. Rights 
oF , held to be inconsistent with the common 
weal, have, in the cases of tithes and thirlage in Scot. 
of land, already been the subject of rh provisions, 
object of which was to remove the incumbrance on 
general prosperity, without injury to the owner. 
Per the pena cal expediency Uf this interposition 
are still more obvious with regard to rights of fishing, 
by modes injurious to the fishery at large ; for each pro« 
prietor of such rights has a direct interest in the benefit 
that might result from a judicial sale of these, because, 
after obtaining the value of his peculiar privilege, he 
would share in the increase of the general fishery. ° 
If any alteration should take place in the laws re« 
garding the capture of salmon, fence time, in Scotland 
termed close time, should be prolonged, and extended 
indiscriminately to all the riversin Britain ; thatis, be« 
ginning upon the first of August, and to continue until 
the end of January, or from Lammas till Candlemas day. 
This would prevent any interruption to salmon in 
month of August, when ‘heavy with milts and roes in 
making up to the head waters for'the p: of spawn- 
ing. It would also save many shotten from being 
en in December and January, when on their passage 
to the sea. 
There seems to be no general law respecting the fence 
months in the rivers of Scotland, all the fisheries com- 
monly commencing and ending at different times, ac- 
cording to various acts of parliament. In the Forth and 
Fisheries 
i 
Fiume. - 
pat 
Tay, the fisheries begin on the 11th of December, and . 
terminate on the 26th of A In the Tweed, they 
fish from the 11th of January to the 10th of October. In 
the north Esk in Kincardineshire, from Candlemas to 
Michaelmas. In the Dee and Don, from the 11th of 
December to the 19th of September. In the Spey, from 
the 30th of November to the 26th of August. 
We cannot accurately ascertain the periods of fishing 
in our other principal salmon rivers, which, beside the 
many tributary streams, are, the Clyde, Luce, South 
Esk in Forfarshire, Doveran, Ness, Beauly, Thurso, and 
the Annan, with others running into the Solway Frith. 
The chief rivers in England frequented by this fish, 
are, the Thames, Medway, Severn, Mersey, Trent, Dee, 
Ex, Usk, Wye, Lon, Weever, and Tyne. 
London is principally supplied with salmon from 
Scotland. When fresh, they are sent packed up with 
ice in boxes ; and those that are pickled in ‘kits, 
such as were first used in Newcastle for that 
Although the sums drawn in this country from the me. 
tropolis come to a very considerable annual amount, yet 
were proper regulations for this fishery established by 
law, and duly enforced, not only a increase in the 
trade would take place, but Scotland would be more 
abundantly provided in salmon for home consump- 
tion. 
For an account of the Wate Fisnery, see Wiatr 
Fisnery ; an account of the Pearr Fisaery, will be 
found in our article Ceyton, Vol. V. p. 700 ; and of the 
Ancnovy Fisuery under our article Ancuovy,  -See 
also IneLaAND. (A. D.) 
FISHES, Exvecrricar. See Execrricitry Index, 
FISHING. See Aneuina. 
EISTULA. See Surcery. 
FIUME, or St Vert, is a sea port town of Istria. It 
is situated on the Bay of Fiume, in the Gulf of Ve- 
nice, at the mouth of the Fiumara ‘or Reka, at the ¢om- 
mencement of a narrow valley, abounding in wines and 
excellent fruits. The town ts j ly built, and con- 
tains several good public buildings. The churches are 
