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fishes or any eggs that may be deposited in the natural 

 manner in the bed of the stream. Sufficient " weed," 

 i.e., aquatic plants, may be left at the sides (or on one 

 side only) to afford shelter from herons, that at this 

 time infest the places where spawning fishes are to be 

 found. Boughs of trees, whin-bushes, or any natural 

 shelters may be thrown across the narrow parts, so as 

 to induce the fishes to stop near their work, and thus 

 be handy for the performance of the artificial process, 

 but all should be arranged with as much regard to a 

 natural appearance as possible. 



It may here be mentioned that Mr. Silk, piscicul- 

 turist to Lord Exeter, exhibited at the Fisheries 

 Exhibition, London, 1883, a very ingenious fish trap, 



SILK S FISH TRAP. 



by means of which the trout are induced to incarcerate 

 themselves. Having used it for four seasons, the 

 writer can speak most highly of its practical merits. 



