86 THE THAMES AS A TROUT RIVER. 



I am informed that both were abundant in this 

 locality a quarter of a century ago. To the steam 

 launches I again attribute the diminution in their 

 numbers. If this wholesale destruction continues, 

 the harmless pleasure of fishing, now enjoyed by 

 thousands of the residents of our metropolis, will be 

 at an end. It is to be hoped that they will not turn 

 their attention to less innocent and therefore more 

 dangerous pursuits. 



