Fisherman of the Eastern A Ips. 1 2 1 



homes without caring one jot about it. Gen- 

 erally speaking, if civilly dealt with, he will 

 give an English fisherman leave to angle in his 

 waters, sometimes gratuitously, sometimes for 

 a few marks; but in nearly every case he is 

 careful to impress on the angler that on no 

 account 5s he to use nets ; and he is generally 

 anxious that a kind of small barrel should be 

 borne by some small boy for the purpose of 

 keeping alive the fish which are taken. 



Of course, towards the end of the season the 

 professional fisherman has considerably lowered 

 his stock of fish ; so that the angler has not the 

 same chance of sport as in the beginning of the 

 year. But since he usually, year after year, 

 occupies the same water, he does not kill 

 spawning fish ; and has often, indeed, as fervid a 

 dislike of poor peasants who indulge in a little 

 poaching on moonlight nights in autumn, as 

 any gamekeeper in England. Thus the supply 

 does not decrease as it otherwise would do. 

 Moreover, the heavy Alpine snows which begin 

 to descend about the end of October are excel- 

 lent protectors of gravid fish. For years to 

 come the professional fishermen of the Alps 

 are sure to exist as a distinct class ; for there 



