LAWS FOR TAKING FISH. 101 



Salmon and trout may be taken only from January 

 25th to September 10th. 



Pike, jack, perch, roach, dace, chub, barbel, and 

 gudgeon may be taken between July 1st and March 1st. 



Bottom-fishing is prohibited in the river Thames, as 

 far as the Corporation of London has j urisdiction, from 

 the 1st of March to the 1st of June. 



The right of fishing in the sea, and in all rivers 

 where the tide ebbs and flows, is a right common to all 

 the King's subjects. 



There are several acts for securing private pro- 

 perty in regard to fish; but any man may erect a 

 fish-pond, mound, canal, &c., without licence, because 

 it is a matter of profit, and the increase of provisions. 

 Also, any person or persons considering themselves 

 wronged or aggrieved by any decision against them by 

 the magistrate or justice, may appeal against it at the 

 Quarter Sessions. 



