ON THE BEST KINDS OP FISH FOK EIVEES. l57 



The way in which it is fished for is curious. From 

 one to two dozen small and shallow hoop nets, upon 

 iron rings of from a foot to fifteen inches in diameter, 

 are prepared. In the midst of each is tied a small 

 piece of liver. The fisherman walks along the bank 

 of the stream, and drops a net thus baited into every 

 available spot. The iron ring carries the net to the 

 bottom, where it remains. Having deposited aU his 

 nets, he then returns to the first one which he dropped 

 in, and, by means of a string pegged to the bank, he 

 suddenly hauls it up to the surface, and usually finds 

 two or three crayfish attracted by the Hver. Having 

 taken them, he replaces the net in some equally de- 

 sirable spot, and goes on to the next one ; returning, 

 after an interval, to haul them aU over again. In 

 this way, several dozens of this little fish may be 

 taken in a short time. 



There is little difficulty in transplanting this fish,^ 

 as they can be taken when full of spawn, in Sep- 

 tember or October, and can be carried alive to any 

 distance, with little trouble ; and if the stream they 

 are conveyed to suits them, they will soon increase 

 and multiply to almost any extent. Eivers which 



^ A large quantity of them have been transplanted by the Accli- 

 matisation Society of Great Britain to the Earl of Breadalbane'd 

 streams. 



