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this poaching altogether, or at least reduce it to 

 a minimum. 



An efficacious plan adopted on the Upper 

 Test is to fix a line of hurdles by posts firmly 

 driven into the bed of the stream across the 

 river from bank to bank. The top of these 

 hurdles is just above the water level, and 

 wherever one or more of them is taken out there 

 the full force of the stream will flow and wash 

 away any soft mud on the gravel. By shifting 

 and replacing hurdles in this way the entire 

 width of the stream can be cleaned during a 

 series of winter floods. It must, however, be 

 remembered that this mud is not removed, but 

 shifted to one's neighbours below, who may 

 object, or even bring an action for damages. 



