154 FISHING IN EDEN 



tion or removal of Pike or other fish injurious to the 

 salmon and trout fisheries. 



" Any person using- a net in contravention of this by- 

 law shall be liable for each offence to a penalty not exceed- 

 ing 5 and to the seizure and on summary conviction to 

 the forfeiture of such net, and of all fish found in his 

 possession or caught by such net. 



" (Signed) FRANCIS W. SOAL, 



" (Clerk to the Fishery Board)." 



The whole of the Eden, with its tributary 

 streams, runs through a pastoral country. There 

 are no polluting factories on its banks, and it is 

 fed from the great, upland pastures, and high fells, 

 by mountain becks that never run dry. Its waters 

 are so pure that they can be drunk without fear. 

 The becks tumble down from the fells, and empty 

 themselves into the river, in a perfect state of 

 aeration. The big streams of the Eden rush along 

 their course only to be held up momentarily by the 

 occasional deep flats. 



The Upper Eden, above the Eamont, runs off 

 limestone, and soft red sandstone, over a gravelly 

 bottom. The Lower Eden, below the Eamont, is 

 strikingly different from the Upper Eden, for it is 

 much more stony. It becomes a big river from this 

 point, running mainly through densely timbered 

 country, and, at times, through beautifully wooded, 

 red sandstone gorges. That section throughout its 



