Fly Fishing for Salmon. 3 



bond was drawn up between the following mentioned 

 persons, viz., Charles Cheyne, Esq., Joseph Alstone, 

 John Saunders, Edward Cox, Daniel Burt, and John 

 Colson, who paid the sum 0^84 into the hands of 

 John Burgen and John Wild for the half of four 

 salmon nets which were to be employed yearly in 

 the several fishing rooms of Chelsea and Lambeth 

 during the season, and the conditions were, that they 

 should keep the nets in repair, and weekly, during 

 the season, make a just account of all profits arising 

 from the fishery, by equal proportions, to the above- 

 named Charles Cheyne, Esq., and partners, at the 

 dwelling-house of John Colson, in Chelsea. 



44 On Monday, the 3Oth of May, 1664, the Chelsea 

 fishermen began to fish, and took from Monday to 

 Saturday nine salmon, weighing 172^ Ibs., and sold 

 them as follows : 



"To the Duchess of Ormond, 131 Ibs. at s. d. 



1 6d. per pound o 19 6 



To Lord Cheyne, 18 Ibs. at i8*/. per 



ditto 140 



To Mr. Alston, 18 Ibs. at i8df. per ditto .140 

 To several fishmongers, 122 Ibs. at \^d. 



per ditto 710 



10 8 6" 



He also says, " Salmon fishing on the Thames be- 

 gins on the 25th of March above London Bridge, and 



