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Southill Pool. — One trap, 5 ft. x 7 ft. Average take of Eels per 

 year, | cwt. Heaviest catch, several times over } cwt. Largest 

 taken, 2 lb. Trap worked irregularly. Area of pool upwards 

 of 33 acres. 



Blunham South Mill. — Two traps, 4 ft. x 14 ft. 6 in. Aver- 

 age take of Eels per year, 4 cwt. Heaviest catch, 1|- cwt. 

 Largest taken, over 5 lb. ; three weighing 15 lb. taken in one 

 night, March, 1912. Traps worked regularly, March to October. 

 One and a half miles of water to Sandy Mill, and also stream 

 from Southill and Warden pools. 



Blunham Mill. — Two traps, 4 ft. x 16 ft. Average take of 

 Eels per year, 3 cwt. Heaviest catch, 62 lb. Largest taken, 

 3 lb. Traps worked regularly. One mile of water to South Mill. 



Tempsford Mill. — One trap, 4 ft. x 16 ft. Average take of 

 Eels per year, 2 cwt. Heaviest catch, 1\ cwt. Largest taken, 

 four weighing 16 lb. ; caught December, 1912. Trap worked 

 regularly. One mile of water to Blunham Mill. 



River Ouse. 



Turvey Mill. — Three traps, 4 ft. x 16 ft. Average take of 

 Eels per year, 5 cwt. Heaviest catch, 1 cwt. Largest taken, 

 5 lb., and several of 3 lb. and 4 lb. Traps worked regularly. 

 Three miles of water to Lavendon Mill, in Buckinghamshire. 



Harrold Mill. — One trap, 11 ft. x 27 ft. Average take of 

 Eels per year, II cwt. Largest taken, over 4 lb. Traps worked 

 irregularly. Three and a quarter miles of water to Turvey Mill. 



Odell Mill.— Two traps, 7 ft. 3 in. x 17 ft., 4 ft. 3 in. x 13 ft. 

 Average take of Eels per 3 r ear, 1 cwt. Largest Eels taken, 3 lb. 

 to 4 lb. Traps worked irregularly. One and three-quarter 

 miles of water to Harrold Mill. 



Sharnbrook Mill. — Traps dismantled about 1890. 



Milton Mill— Three traps ; two 5 ft. x 16 ft., one 3 ft. x 16 ft. 

 Average take of Eels per year, 7 cwt. Heaviest catch, 4£ cwt., 

 in one night in 1909. Largest taken in fifty years, 4£ lb. 

 Traps worked regularly. Eight and a quarter miles of water to 

 Odell Mill. 



Oakley Sluice. — Three funnel traps, 4 ft. x 15 ft. Average 

 take of Eels per year, 3 cwt. Heaviest catch, 300, about 1890. 

 Largest taken, 6£ lb. in October about 1890. Traps worked 



