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of each knot, it has been decided, may be taken as the 

 basis of measurement. 



Poaching and Illegal Practices and Tackle 



The following may serve as a rough guide to the 

 numerous offences specified in the various Salmon Acts. 

 It is illegal under 



1. The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act, 1828. 



1. To trespass in any ground, enclosed or un- 



enclosed, or any river or estuary, with 

 intent to kill salmon. (Section 3.) 



2. To break the law regarding cruives laid down 



in the 1877 Act; i.e. to let the hecks 

 remain shut during Saturday's slop, or 

 have them measure less than 3 in. wide. 

 (Section 7.) 



2. The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act, 1844. 

 To take, fish for, or attempt to take salmon in all in- 

 land waters which salmon frequent, or in any estuary, 

 firth, sea loch, creek, bay, or shore of the sea, or any 

 part of the sea within one mile of low-water mark, or 

 to assist others in doing so, without having a legal 

 right or permission from the proprietor of the salmon 

 fishery to do so. (Section i.) 



3. The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act, 1862. 

 i. To put into a salmon river any poisonous or 



deleterious liquid or solid matter to an 

 extent injurious to the fishery, failing proof 

 (open only to persons having a prescriptive 



