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warden's book of "Wandsworth, under date 1580, is 

 the following entry: *'M. D." (presume memoran- 

 dum) *' That this yere in somer, the fishing rome of 

 Wandesworthe was by certain of Putney denyed, and 

 long sute before my Lord Mayor of London continued, 

 and at the last, according to right, restored by the 

 Lord Mayor and the Councell of London. And in 

 this somer, the fysshers of Wandesworthe tooke be- 

 tweene Monday and Saturday, seven score salmons 

 in the same fishings, to the great honor of God." — 

 From *' I^otes and Queries." 



From a newspaper of July 1754. " Was caught at 

 London Bridge, the greatest take of salmon ever 

 known, whereby the price of that fish fell from one 

 shilling, to sixpence per pound." — See ''Bell's Life," 

 August 22nd, 1852. 



The ancient Greeks it is said, did not know the 

 salmon, although they had the trout. In Macedonia, 

 fish were caught, probably this species, (the trout,) 

 with a fly, the mosquito, and the horse-fly ; but their 

 rods and lines were very short and imperfect, accord- 

 ing to the measurement given by a recent author. 

 Soyer says, salmon were known to the Komans, also 

 the common trout, the white trouts, and the sea trout, 

 perch, and gudgeon, the latter called by them Gobio. 

 According to all naturalists whose works I have been 

 able to consult, Soyer is in error, as no salmon have 

 ever been found in the Mediterranean. 



