282 THE YOUNG ANGLER. 



There are several MERES, or pieces of water in the vicinity of this 

 rver, stocked with tench and other fish. 



RAMSAY MERE, in Huntingdonshire, is famous for its eels and 

 fike. 



In the TAMAR, which divides the counties of Cornwall and Devon, 

 more salmon may be found than in any other river in the West of 

 England. 



The LOWER AVON, near Salisbury, contains grayling. 



The little TEME and the CLUN,* near Downton, in Shropshire, 

 abound with trout and grayling. The Teme contains trout princi- 

 pally ; the Clun, both trout and grayling. 



LAWS RELATIVE TO ANGLING. 



By an Act of Parliament passed in the 7 & 8 George IV. for con- 

 solidating and amending the Laws relative to Larceny, &c., it is 

 provided, "That if any person shall unlawfully and wilfully take or 

 destroy any fish in any water which shall run through or be in any 

 land adjoining or belonging to the dwelling-house of any person being 

 the owner of such water, or having a right of fishery therein, every 

 Buch offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and, being con- 

 victed thereof, shall be punished accordingly ; and if any person shall 

 unlawfully and wilfully take or destroy, or attempt to take or destroy, 

 any fish in any water not being such as aforesaid, but which shall be 

 private property, or in which there shall be any private right of 

 fishery, every such offender being convicted thereof before a Justice 

 of the Peace, shall forfeit and pay, over and above the value of the 

 fish taken or destroyed (if any), such sum of money not exceeding 

 five pounds, as to the Justice shall seem meet ; provided always that 

 nothing herein before contained shall extend to any person angling 

 in the day-time ; but if any person shall by angling in the day-time, 

 unlawfully and wilfully take or destroy, or attempt to take or de- 

 stroy, any fish in any such water as first mentioned, he shall on con- 

 viction before a Justice of the Peace, forfeit and pay any sum not 

 exceeding five pounds ; and if in any such water as last mentioned, 

 he shall, on the like conviction, forfeit and pay any sum not ex- 

 ceeding two pounds, as to the Justice shall seem meet ; and if the 

 boundary of any parish, township, or vill, shall happen to be in, or 

 by the side of any such water as is herein before mentioned, it shall 

 be sufficient to prove that the offence was committed, either in the 

 parish, township, or vill named in the indictment or information, or 

 in any parish, township, or vill adjoining thereto. 



1 'And be it enacted, that if any person shall at anytime be found 

 fishing against the provisions of this Act, it shall be lawful for the 

 owner of the ground, water, or fishery, where such offender shall 

 be so found, his servants, or any person authorized by him, to 

 demand from such offender any rods, lines, hooks, nets, or other 

 implements for taking or destroying fish, which shall then be in his 

 possession ; and in case such offender shall not immediately deliver 

 up the same, to seize and take them from him for the use of such 

 owner ; provided always, that any person angling in the day-time 



