8$ THE DRIFFIEXD' ANGLEJt. 



to each other quite across the stream, the 

 Eels are sure to be caught when they begin 

 to drop down towards the sea ; the best run is 

 reckoned to be during the first thick water after 

 heavy rains in the summer, and in the dark- 

 est nights; for it has been observed that 

 where there is any white object near, such 

 as a net, house, or fishing-house plaistered, 

 the fish will be sure to be caught on the 

 other side of the stream. The weirs are 

 very profitable to the owners, vast quantities 

 of Eels being caught by their means. I have 

 also seen them so constructed, that without 

 bucks, the fish were impelled either on one 

 side or the other, into traps and reservoirs 

 prepared far them, something like those 

 mentioned in the account of the Salmon. 



This is an object of considerable import- 

 ance in different parts of the country, as an 

 article of food, which can be kept for many 

 months, with a little expense. 



