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except wheels and leaps for taking lamperns between 

 August i and March i. (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 com 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, 



