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or in the possession of any person thus fishing without his con' 

 sent. 



Damaging or intruding, by using nettrices, fish-hooks, or other 

 engines to catch fish, without consent of the owner or occupier, 

 subjects the party thus trespassing to any amount of fine the magis- 

 trate or justice orders, provided it exceeds not treble the damages, 

 and to a further fine, not exceeding ten shillings, for the use of the 

 poor of the parish, or imprisonment in the House of Correction, 

 not exceeding one calendar month, unless he enters into a bond, 

 with one surety, in a sum not exceeding ten pounds, not to offend 

 again, and the justice may cut or destroy the net, &c. 



If any person unlawfully or maliciously cut, break down, or de- 

 stroy any head or dam of a fish-pond, or unlawfully fish therein, he 

 shall, at the prosecution of the king, or the owner, be imprisoned 

 three months, or pay treble damages, and after such imprisonment, 

 shall find sureties for seven years' good behaviour, or remain in 

 prison till he doth. 



To prevent the fish in the Thames from being improperly de- 

 stroyed, the 30th of George the Second enacts that no pe^-son shall 

 fish, or endeavour to take fish, in the said river between London 

 Bridge and Eichmond Bridge, with other than lawful nets : — 



For salmon, not less than six inches in the mesh. 



For pike, jack, perch, roach, chub, and barbel, with a flew or 

 stream net, of not less than three inches in the mesh throughout, 

 with a facing of seven inches, and not more than sixteen fathoms 

 long. 



For shads, not less than two inches and a half in the mesh. 



For flounders, not less than two inches and a half in the mesh, 

 and not more than sixteen fathoms long. 



For dace, with a single play net, of not less than two inches in 

 the mesh, and not more than thirteen fathoms long, to be worked 

 by floating only, with a boat and a buoy. 



For smelts, with a net of not less than one inch and a quarter in 

 the mesh, and not of greater length than sixteen fathoms, to be 

 worked by floating only, with a boat and a buoy ; 



Under the penalty of paying and forfeiting the sum of five 

 poonds for every such offence. 



No fish of any of the sort hereinafter mentioned may be caught 



