THE SALMON FAMILY. 295 



SALMON-TRAPS, NETS, ETC. 



The woodcut gives a sectional view of the form of that 

 most deadly of all salmon-traps, the Stake-Net, the hoop- 



like curve underneath (here represented by a black line) 

 being a sort of network cul-de-sac into which the Salmon 

 are guided by the two wings. This ' fixed engine/ which 

 is now fortunately illegal over most parts of Great Britain, 

 is constructed on the shores of estuaries and tidal waters 

 between high- and low-water marks, the concavity of the 

 net being exposed to the flood or ebb tide as the case may 

 be. Frequently double sets of these nets are erected, so as 

 to catch the Salmon both in their ascent and descent. 



The ' ' Cruive," another destructive poaching contrivance, 

 is a partially enclosed space built in the wall of a dam or 

 weir, and through which the water passes ; the fish as they 

 push up the stream enter this aperture, and, having entered, 



