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they would be worth between 30 and 

 Similar seizings and burnings took place at 

 Kendal, the nets being hidden in the chimneys of 

 the poachers' houses, and made to form parts of 

 beds. Upon one occasion a poacher's wife wove 

 a fine net about her portly person, and then 

 covered it up with a loose dress. When the 

 police and water-bailiffs arrived she superintended 

 their search through the premises, but no net could 

 be found. 



In the Leven, salmon begin to run in June, and 

 continue until December ; the greatest number of 



The fish, however, run during October. The 

 Leven W eight of evidence seems to show that a 

 greater number of salmon enter the Leven now 

 that Windermere is opened out. 



But few salmon entered Windermere prior to the 

 removal of the rocky obstructions in the Leven 

 in win- Windermere's effluent. After this salmon 

 dermere began to enter the lake freely, and the 

 removal of the obstruction also admitted salmon- 

 trout and " bull-trout " hitherto unknown in the 

 lake. Salmon run through the Leven from June 

 until the end of the year. Two results were an- 

 ticipitated from the admission of the migratory 

 Salmonidse to Windermere the opening up of a 

 large area of new spawning ground, and the con- 

 version of Windermere into a salmon angling lake. 

 Needless to state, the last object has not been 

 attained. It is true that a freshly run grilse has 

 been taken in Windermere by rod-and-line, but 

 this has been the solitary exception. 



Freshly run salmon have also been taken in the 

 char nets, and this not uncommonly. A spent 

 kelt (a male of i6J Ibs.) was taken from the lake 



