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except wheels and leaps for taking lamperns between 

 August 1 and March 1. (This only applies to 

 England.) 



35. Night Poaching. — If three or more persons, 

 acting in concert, or being together between the 

 expiration of the first hour after sunset and the be- 

 ginning of the last hour before sunrise, enter or are 

 found upon any land adjacent to a river, estuary, or 

 sea-coast with intent illegally to kill salmon, or in 

 possession of illegal nets or instruments, they commit 

 an offence. (This only applies to Scotland.) 



36. Salmon Leaping at a Fall. — Setting or using 

 a net or other engine for the capture of salmon when 

 leaping at or trying to ascend a fall, or when falling 

 back from the same. (This only applies to 

 Scotland.) 



37. Pollution. — Wilfully putting, or neglecting to 

 take reasonable precautions to prevent the discharge 

 of, any sawdust, chaff, or shelling corn into a river. 

 (This only applies to Scotland.) 



The following do not apply to England or 

 Scotland : — 



38. Obstructing Fishermen. — Obstructing any 

 fisherman, or persons employed by him, in entering 

 upon, and using for the purpose of drawing their 

 nets or landing their fish, any beach, land, or wastes, 



