10 FISH FARMING : 



The reavson why I deal with them and with natural and artifi- 

 cial redds generally in this place is because the protection of 

 natural redds and the formation of protected artificial redds 

 are by far the most simple and inexpensive methods of improv- 

 ing existing fisheries; indeed, in many cases they are, or one or 

 the other is, the only thing necessary to be done so long as it 

 is done thoroughly. Yet how often it remains undone ! Take, 

 fc<r instance, the river Teign, South Devonshire, which is the 

 subject of the next three illustrations. I have purposely pho- 



NATURAL SPAWNING GROUNDS. 



tographed those parts of the river where magnificent redds 

 exist; and, properly handled, these should thoroughly stock 

 the whole of the river of which they form such picturesque 

 parts. Yet, ass a matter of fact, that same river is, compara- 

 tively speaking, fisihless. Let us see how this deplorable state 

 of affairs could be remedied. 



When the spawning sea,saon arrives, i.e., about the end of 

 October, trout mount up from the deeper and heavier waters 

 to the feeders of the lake, or to the upper parts of, or the 

 tributaries to, the stream that may be their home. Seek- 



