STONE-SUCKERS. 
Tlie Lamprey is taken in the Severn, near 
Worcester, and also in the Thames, but only in 
the summer months. The mode of taking this 
fish is very simple, and not difficult to one who 
LAMPPvEY. 
has a quick eye and steady hand. By the aid 
of a long staff armed at the end with several 
diverging hooks, the fishes are seized from the 
gravel at the bottom, where on a bright day they 
may be seen feeding, and are lifted into the 
boat. 
In winter the Lampern affords employment to 
the Thames fishermen, when other fishes fail. 
It is taken in large numbers by means of wicker 
baskets placed across the weirs. Though much 
valued for the table, the Lampern produces a 
better remuneration by being sold to the Dutch 
fishermen, who use it as bait in the Cod fishery. 
Many thousands are exported alive, preserved 
in tanks of fresh water, in the course of the win- 
ter ; and when the produce is divided, the share 
of each man engaged in the pursuit not unfre- 
quently amounts to forty pounds sterling. 
