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the fishery, and whereof notice shall be stuck up in 

 some public place of the town or village next adjoining 

 to the place or places so ordered to be staked ; and that 

 no person shall take up or remove any stake, burr, boat, 

 or any other thing which shall have been driven down 

 or sunk in any such place as aforesaid, upon pain to 

 forfeit and pay, from time to time, the sum of five 

 pounds for every offence or breach of any part of this 

 order." — City Ordinances, Item 44. 



Note to Chapter XIII 



This chapter is retained as a curiosity only. 



The reader may be agaia reminded that this hook was written 

 in 1854, and the general fishery laws and local regulations for 

 taking fish have been considerably amended and improved since 

 then. For purposes of comparison, the latest Thames bye-laws are 

 appended : — 



Minimum Sizes of Fish 



Pike or Jack (all extreme length), 18 in. ; Perch, 8 in. ; Chub, 10 in. ; 

 Roach, 7 in. ; Dace, 6 in. ; Barbel, 16 in. ; Trout, 16 in. ; Bream, 10 in. ; 

 Carp, 10 in. ; Tench, 8 in. ; Budd, 6 in. ; Gudgeon, 4 in. 



Close Season 



" In that part of the River Thames as is situated above London Bridge, 

 no person shall fish with or use any rod and line between the 15th day of 

 March and the 16th day of June, both inclusive, except a rod and line for 

 taking Trout and fished with an artificial fly, or with a spinning or live bait." 



" No fish found in the part of the River Thames above London Bridge may 

 be taken between the 15th day of March and the 15th day of June following, 

 both inclusive, except Trout and Roach, Dace, Gudgeon, Bleak and Minnows, 

 taken as herein provided as bait for Trout." 



SEisos FOR Trout-Fisbinq 

 From the first day of April to the 10th September, inclusive. 



Bait for Anglers 

 " Roach, Dace, Gudgeon, Bleak or Minnows for use as bait, providing that 

 no person shall be entitled to have in his possession or under his control 

 more than 50 of such fish for use as bait at any one time, or to take by mm- 

 self, his servants or agents, more than 60 of such fish, on any day. 



Limit in the Number of Rods 

 "No rod and line shall be used except when fished with either a natural 

 or artificial bait in a proper manner, and no person shall flsh with more tnan 

 two rods and lines at the same time." „ 



