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and the other in 1860. By the second of these 

 Acts, which is practically an extended edition of 

 the first, it is declared illegal for any one, not 

 being the proprietor of a fishing, or having his 

 permission, " to fish for trout or other fresh-water 

 fish in any river, water, or loch in Scotland, with 

 any net of any kind or description, or by what is 

 known as double-rod fishing, or cross-line fishing, 

 or set lines, or otter fishing, or burning the 

 water, or by striking the fish with any instru- 

 ment, or by pointing, or to put into the water 

 lime or any other substance destructive to trout 

 or other fresh-water fish with intent to destroy 

 the same." This list of offences seems wide 

 enough to prohibit the capture of trout in any 

 way except by means of rod and line, or by the 

 more primitive, but, to some people, the equally 

 enjoyable process of " guddling." 



It has to be kept in view that these Acts only 

 apply to persons who have no right to the fishing. 

 A proprietor is thus, so far as their provisions are 

 concerned, in the same position as before 1845 ; 

 and cannot be challenged unless he act in such a 

 way as to interfere with the neighbouring fish- 

 eries. Under this last principle such operations 

 as the erection of weirs, or the introduction of 

 poisonous or polluting matter into the water, 

 may be prevented. There are Acts of Parliament 



