XIII 

 CLOSE TIMES FOE TROUT 



MUCH in the preceding pages tend to a be- 

 lief now becoming prominent among true 

 sportsmen - anglers, that a close time is 

 necessary if our river-trout are to be saved 

 from destruction. 



A close time has recently formed the 

 principal object of a large meeting of Scottish 

 anglers in Edinburgh and Glasgow, under 

 the presidency of Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., 

 whose interest in all such matters is a house- 

 hold word. 



Such a close time, however, we believe, if 

 it is to be effectual, must be suited to a large 

 variety of circumstances, to innumerable con- 

 ditions ; to each river or group of rivers under 

 their own climatal peculiarities ; to variations 

 in altitude, temperatures, and seasons. 



Legislation on such topics is in itself often 



