214 AN ANGLER'S SEASON 



in the months named have been gradually 

 brought near to extinction by the nets. 

 Practically the only tribes left to main- 

 tain the species are those which run in 

 the few weeks at the beginning of the 

 season and the few weeks at the end 

 when the nets are off. 



" Practically," I have said ; and the 

 word leaves room for hope. As may be 

 seen at the fish-shops and elsewhere, 

 there are still seatrout and salmon to 

 be had in May or in June or in July. 

 There is still in the estuary of every river 

 the remnant of a May stock, that of a 

 June stock, and that of a July stock ; 

 and if it were made free of the river the 

 remnant in each case would ere long be 

 a tribe in full strength once more. 

 Within recent years there has been, 

 among all classes concerned, a growing 

 willingness to approve any measures 

 which, even if they should involve a 

 temporary loss to commerce, would 

 lead to restoration of the salmonkind. 

 Indeed, in not a few rivers the netting 



