43° FISHES CHAP. XVI 



for food, either by nets or wiclcer traps. Formerly the Lampern 

 was taken in enormous numbers in several British and Irish 

 rivers, especially in the Severn from February to May, and in 

 the Thames during May and June, but for various reasons the 

 supply has much diminished in recent years. The Lampern 

 makes excellent bait for Cod and Turbot, and for this purpose 

 large numbers used to be taken in the Trent and Thames for 

 despatch to Grimsby and other fishing ports.^ 



' Day, Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland, Lond. ii. 1880-84, p. 360. 



