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light baskets this season and the next ; but 

 it would ensure heavy baskets three years 

 hence and every season after. If trout 

 under three-quarters-of-a-pound are saved 

 now, fish of this weight will by that time 

 be as plentiful as fish of three ounces 

 are at present. Does not the prospect 

 warrant the inconsiderable sacrifice ? 



The sale of brown trout captured 

 under the privilege should be forbidden. 

 The suggestion is not invalidated by the 

 fact that tenants of grouse-moors sell 

 some of their spoils. The cases are not 

 analogous. The lessee of a grouse-moor 

 is under contract to kill no more when he 

 has bagged birds to a certain number, 

 leaving the stock sufficient ; if the grouse 

 to which he is entitled are more than he 

 himself can use, there is no reason why he 

 should not turn the excess to pecuniary 

 account. A man fishing under privilege 

 is in a different position. It may be that 

 he pays nothing to the owner ; it may be 

 that he pays a small sum, contribution to 

 a fund for the protection of the stream. 



