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Eels per year, 28 lb. Largest taken, over 2 lb. First trap on 

 this tributary of the Ouzel, which stream flows through the 

 Woburn Park pools. 



KlVER IVEL AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. 



Doolittle Mill* (Ampthill) .—One trap, 2 ft. X 6 ft. Very few 

 Eels are taken. Largest, 2 lb. Trap worked irregularly. First 

 trap on this tributary of the Ivel. 



Campion Mill. — One trap, 2 ft. x 6 ft. 6 in. Average take of 

 Eels per year, 1 cwt. Heaviest catch, 15 lb. Largest taken, over 

 5 lb. Trap worked regularly. First trap on another tributary 

 of the Ivel. 



Shefford Mill.— -Two traps, 3 ft. x 11 ft. and 7 ft. x 11 ft. 

 Fixed inside mill and under floor. Average take of Eels per year, 



4 cwt. Heaviest catch, f cwt. Largest taken, over 6 lb., others 



5 lb., and several over 4 lb. Trap worked regularly. First 

 traps on the main stream of the Ivel. 



Astwick Mill. — Trap destroyed about 1908. Average take of 

 Eels per year was about ^ cwt. Formerly the first trap on this 

 tributary of the Eiver Hiz. 



Langford Mill. — One trap, 6 ft. x 14 ft. Inside mill. Average 

 take of Eels per year, 2 cwt. Heaviest catch, l^- cwt. Largest 

 taken, over 4 lb. Trap worked irregularly. Now the first trap 

 on the Hiz. 



Holme Mill (Biggleswade). — One trap, 4 ft. 6 in. x 13 ft,, 

 inside mill ; two traps, 4 ft. 6 in. x 12 ft., outside mill. 

 Average take of Eels per year, 5 cwt. Heaviest catch, 1 cwt. 

 Largest taken, over 4 lb. Trap worked regularly. Four miles of 

 water on the combined stream to Shefford Mill and Langford Mill. 



Biggleswade Mill. — One trap, 6 ft. X 13 ft. Inside mill. 

 Average take of Eels per year, f cwt. Heaviest catch, 30 lb. 

 Largest taken, 4 lb. Trap worked irregularly. One mile of 

 water to Holme Mill. 



Sandy Mill. — Three traps, 3 ft. x 16 ft. Average take of 

 Eels per year, 2^- cwt. Heaviest catch, 40 lb. Largest taken, 

 4 lb. Traps worked regularly. Three miles of water to Biggles- 

 wade Mill. 



* The first mill on a stream is oftentimes known as the " Doolittle " 

 Mill. There is another mill of this name near Eaton Bray. 



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