50 BRITISH FISH AND FISHERIES. 



species, and the depth of the water ; drift-nets, 

 sweep-nets, seans, baited lines and hooks, 

 weirs, or toils, are all in their turn adopted ; 

 but of these we shall speak more particularly 

 when we come to the natural history of the 

 particular species to which we shall restrict 

 our observations. 



In our brief survey of the fisheries, we con- 

 fined our statistical observations entirely to 

 such species as are caught in the sea, with the 

 exception of eels, smelts, and salmon. Setting 

 these latter aside, none are afforded by the 

 waters of our lakes and rivers necessitating the 

 employment of a stated body of professed fisher- 

 men. We may, perhaps, except the flounder, 

 which ascends rivers, and is taken by the 

 Thames fishermen as high up the stream as 

 Teddington ; it is, however, common along our 

 coasts, and is both a salt and fresh water 

 fish. There is, moreover, a char fishery on the 

 various lakes of Cumberland and Westmore- 

 land ; and some portions of Windermere and 

 Coniston lakes rent pretty high ; but we have 

 no means of ascertaining the quantity of fish 

 captured. The usual mode of taking them is 

 with sunken nets, or trammels with baits, and 

 a few are caught by the fly-fishers when whip- 

 ping for trout. 



