MAKING A FISHERY. 



Kingfisher 

 traps, and 

 barbed wire 

 to prevent 

 netting. 



Necessity of 

 shade, 



all hatches, screens, &c, are secured, and can 

 only be opened, closed, raised, or lowered by 

 the keepers who have the keys. Great care 

 is taken that any appearance of a ''blow," i.e., 

 the working away of minute particles of earth 

 from the upper to the lower level, should at 

 once receive attention and be repaired. A 

 " blow " invariably indicates the presence of a 

 small opening, and naturally the action of the 

 water tends to increase the size of such 

 opening very rapidly. It is surprising how 

 small is the opening through which yearlings 

 or other store fish can make their way, and 

 escape. 



The head keeper should enter in his book, or 

 diary, an accurate record of the number of fish 

 turned in ; also of any found dead from time to 

 time ; and the number taken out when the stew 

 is emptied should show only a small percentage 

 unaccounted for. A series of stakes driven 

 firmly into the soil, projecting 6in. or 8in. above 

 the surface of the water, with kingfisher traps 

 set on them, prevent these pretty but most 

 destructive birds from levying toll on the trout. 

 Barbed wire stretched across diagonally under 

 water from post to post is designed to thwart 

 the nocturnal visits of poachers with nets. 



A stew should be in a shady position among 

 trees, and with a good flow of water through 



