SALMON FISHING 



it through their stamps, to run it by means of a leat 

 into the Dart. This leat has recently been cleaned 

 out and rendered more capacious. The Corporation 

 of Torquay has nearly completed the construction of 

 a third large reservoir at Hennock. The object is 

 to impound another tributary of the Teign. It is 

 feared that the next water-scheme of some great city 

 may mature on Dartmoor and consume the few tribu- 

 taries that remain untapped. 11 



The DART has a very good stock of salmon ; but 

 the sport varies. In 1904, owing to frequent freshets, 

 many fish were caught ; but next season, being dry, 

 was not half so prosperous. Mr. Colin M. E. May 

 attributes the increase in the stock mainly to the 

 Board of Conservators having made passes and kept 

 down pollution. 



The AVON and the ERME are small streams 

 rising in Dartmoor. Mr. A. J. Pitman, Manor 

 House, North Hulsh, writes : 



" The Erme hardly comes under the category of 

 salmon rivers. Salmon rarely ascend it ; but peal are 

 very plentiful in the lower reaches. Unfortunately, 

 the upper water is much polluted by the working of 

 a paper mill, and the stream itself is too small as a 

 rule to allow the fish to run. The Conservators 

 have done their best to grapple with the pollution ; 

 but the analysis of the water shows that it contains 

 nothing actually deleterious to fish life. The smell 

 and the discoloration lead one to an opposite 

 opinion. The Avon, which escapes pollution, is too 

 small, and does not contain sufficient pools, to enable 



