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a river thirteen hundred miles, then across a lake, 

 and ascend another river ; and in a second instance 

 pass up a river two thousand miles long. I might 

 enlarge very much on this subject, but I think what 

 I have stated is enough to prove that fish afford a 

 great proportion of nutriment, and every protection 

 should be extended to them in all countries, by pre- 

 venting their being taken when full of spawn, and 

 also in these kingdoms under the size fixed by law. 

 This year''^ all fish were very late in depositing their 

 ova ; and in the neighbourhood of Hampton Court, 

 there were a very large number of roach, dace, and 

 chub taken during the fence months, whereby mil- 

 lions of fish were destroyed. A most unsportsman- 

 like plan was also resorted to, by drawing a cluster 

 of naked hooks across little channels, which the fish 

 were endeavouring to get up to spawn, whereby 

 hundreds were caught, and double the number injured. 

 "Where was the society's water bailiff? or the Con- 

 servators (?) of the Thames and their officers ? 



It would assist the naturalist, as well as the angler, 

 most essentially, if they could see fish in their native 

 element at considerable depths. Some time ago there 

 appeared in the *' Northern Warder," observations to 

 the following effect, under the head " Norwegian 

 Water Telescopes. — This appears to be a tube three 



* 1856. 



