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become enlisted on the side of protection to the spawning fish, 
instead of destroying them. 
It is the season of passing upward of the emigrants in the 
spring and summer, that forms the harvest of the propraetors 
of the river fisheries in the northern portion of the United 
Kingdom; and omitting for the present those methods of 
catching Salmon, which come under the nature of commerce, 
now is the time when the angler seeks his principal employment 
and pleasure; an extended account of which we find it rrnne- 
cessary to give, both from the space it would occupy in our 
pages, and also because it is so well accomplished by writers 
who have made it the special object of their volumes; but of 
these perhaps the most pleasing and satisfactory that has come 
within our notice is by a gentleman, who takes the name of 
Ephemera, but wbo is said to be otherwise known as Edward 
Eitzgibbon, Esq. We may judge of the eagerness with which 
this sport is followed, when we read the frequent announcement 
of the temporary liberty of fishing to be let at rent for prices 
which must render the river more profitable to the owners than 
is the land through which it flows. It is bargained for in 
proportion to the number of rods intended to be used; and 
£150 are demanded for the privilege of fishing with four of 
these rods on a specified stream; with the addition, that those 
who use them must be of one family. In another part of 
Scotland the thrifty owner of the right of fishing demands for 
each day’s amusement with two rods twelve shillings and 
sixpence, with the surrender to him of the fish caught, or one 
guinea if the angler shall retain what has fallen to his rod. It 
Las been remarked that at these prices every Salmon that is 
taken will have cost £3 or £4 to the fisherman; but this is an 
erroneous estimate, and, on the other hand, the health acquired 
and the amusement obtained after long confinement amidst other 
pursuits, and in the confinement of a city, are to he considered 
as the proper equivalent for all the cost that is expended in 
the sport. It is to be regretted however that by the appro- 
priation of almost every river in these districts, little space is 
left for the benefit of the casual and less wealthy angler; and 
even the more distant rivers of Sweden and Norway have been 
sought out and appropriated for the same purpose and at a 
similar cost. 
