204 THE DRJFFIELD ANGLER* 



nets, &c. across rivers to destroy fish, and 

 disturb the passage of vessels, on pain of 

 five pounds. 



By 33 G. II. No person shall take, or 

 knowingly have in his possession, either in the 

 water or on shore, or sell, or expose to sale, 

 any spawn, fry, or brood of fish, or any un- 

 sizeable fish, or fish out of season, or any 

 Smelt not five inches long, and any person 

 may seize any such, together with baskets 

 and package, and charge a constable or other 

 peace-officer with the offender and with the 

 goods, who shall carry them before a justice; 

 and on conviction before such justice, the 

 same shall be forfeited and delivered to the 

 prosecutor : and the offender shall also for- 

 feit twenty shillings, to be levied by distress, 

 by warrant of such justice ; half to the 

 prosecutor, and half to the poor where the 

 offence was committed (and every inhabitant 

 of such parish may, nevertheless, be a wit- 

 ness) : for want of sufficient distress, the 

 offender to be committed to the house of 



