April 22 , 1893 ] 
THE EISHING GAZETTE 
293 
of the B lid irregularity in the salmon’s growth, 
namely, the sahnon’s earlier or later departure 
from the rivers after spawning. In most of our 
rivers a comparatively very large number of fish 
that have spawned usually remain during the 
winter (the so-called ‘ Vinterstonninger ’ or kelts). 
The movements of these depend greatly on the 
height of the water that obtains from the spawn¬ 
ing time up to spring, so that in one year the 
greater number of the fish may go several months 
eirlier to the sea than in another. It thus 
appears reasonable to assume that the fish which 
descend the earliest will put on more weight 
before the nest summer or autumn than those 
which have remained long in the rivers. This is 
corroborated by the observations from the Suldal. 
An Englishman resident on that river, who has 
studied with much Zealand interest the condition 
of the salmon fisheries, and who has conducted 
the marking experiments there, shows that in 
1887 and 1889 the greater number of the salmon 
bad lefo the river by February and Januai’y 
respectively, while in 1888 they did not go before 
April. It now appears that the salmon recap¬ 
tured in the summers of 1887 and 1889, which 
had been marked the preceding winter, had 
attained a much greater increase of growth than 
those marked in the winter 1887-88 and recap¬ 
tured in the summer of 1888, averaging in 1887 
(4 fish) 12 hg., in 1889 (3 fish) 16 hg., but in 1888 
3 fish) only 2 7 hg. 
CotmponUcntc 
[We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions 
expressed by our Correspondents.^ 
“ One of the charms of angling is that it presents an 
endless field for argument, speculation, and experi¬ 
ment.” —T. E. Pbitt. 
MONKEY ISLAND AND THE FISHERY 
THERE. 
Sir, —With reference to the paragraph in your 
issue of the 8th inst., to the effect that Mr. 
Plummer, sen., the tenant of Monkey 'Island and 
the fishery in the Thames there, had been directed 
to summon anyone found fishing, we beg to 
say that we are instructed by our client, Mr. 
Van de Weyer, the owner of Monkey Island and 
the fishery, who is a well-known and liberal patron 
of field and river sports, to state that no such 
directions have been given, and that anglers are 
as free to fish in his waters as heretofore. 
We beg the favour of your insertion of this 
letter in your next issue.—Yours obediently, 
Windsor, April 15, 1893. Darvill and Last. 
THE GAITER WADER. 
Dear Sir. —We have no wish to appear un¬ 
friendly to Mr. Hardy, and we feel quite sure he 
has not intentionally copied a previous invention, 
but we must protest against what is called the 
“Gaiter Wader,” illustrated in your last 
issue, being described as in any way new, as we 
used the same plan as far back as January, 1877. 
They were noticed and advertised as the “ Rocke ” 
Fishing Stockings. We do not claim credit for 
the idea, it being the invention of Colonel Rocke, 
and we simply carried out his suggestion. We 
certainly did not add the strap and buckle, which 
appears an unnecessary and troublesome addition 
if the gaiter is made to properly fit the brogue. 
We shall be glad if you will give publicity to 
this note, as we should not hesitate to make the 
same if desired, there being no monopoly in the 
manufacture, and, if any credit is due to the 
originator of the idea, it is certainly not to Mr. 
Hardy, as we can abundantly prove, if necessary. 
Yours obediently, J. C. Cording .and Co. 
Piccadilly, April 18, 1893. 
A NOTE FROM BOULOGNE. 
De.ar Sir, —1 have been a subscriber to your 
Gazette for four years, though a bookseller in 
Boulogne, and I take the liberty of sending you 
the head of a salmon which I took with a minnow 
in the River Canche, near Boulogne. This 
salmon weighed 231b. (English weight). 
It is only since five or six years that we have 
seen salmon in that river, probably on account of 
a big djke which has been constructed at the 
mouth of the river, advancing in the sea, so that 
the fresh-water runs straight into the sea instead 
of spreading itself on shore as it did previously, 
and the shape of the head of these salmon does not 
seem to me, as well as to several anglers in 
Bou ogne, to be like any salmon we have seen 
from England. We have, therefore, come _ to 
think that these salmon might be another species, 
perhaps the bull-trout, although it is said that 
this fish does not reach more than twenty pounds 
in weight, and that we have taken in the Canche 
salmon of thirty-eight pounds. We have often 
tried to fish them with salmon flies, but whether 
that they won’t look to that lure, or that the water 
is generally not clear enough, we have not 
succeeded in catching any, and the Devon minnow 
is, so far, what seems to be more efficacious— 
they take it freely. 
The object of sending you this salmon’s head is 
to apply to your kindness to tell me what you 
think of it, and to what family you should class 
that species. 
Thanking you in advance,—I remain, dear sir, 
yours truly, E. Soubitez. 
[We regret to have to inform M. Soubitez that 
in consequence of the tropical weather the head 
of the fish arrived in a state of decomposition. It 
certainly looked like the head of a kelt bull¬ 
trout, and if our correspondent examines the gills 
of the next fish he catches and finds them infested 
with maggots he may be certain it is a bull-trout. 
It is a very rare thing to find a bull-trout with¬ 
out or a salmon with these gill parasites.— Ed.] 
NO CLOSE TIME FOR THE SHAD. 
Sir, —Could any of your readers kindly give 
me any information as to which close season the 
salmon-shad comes under. I have heard divers 
opinions on the subject, and should be obliged 
for the correct answer.—Yours truly. 
Interested. 
Mr. J. W. Willis Bund, Q.C., Editor of “ Oke’s 
Fishery Laws,” kindly replies as follows :— 
Dear Mr. Marston, —I do not know what a 
salmon-shad is. Assuming it is a twait, I do not 
think there is any close time for them, as the 
Fresh-water Fisheries Acts do not, in my opinion, 
extend to sea-fish that come into fresh-water 
occasionally, e.g , sprats or lampreys ; and there 
is no close time for sea-fish.—Yours very truly, 
J. W. Willis Bund. 
15, Old-square, Lincoln’s Inn, W.C., 
April 20,1893. _ 
LAMPREY AND SHAD. 
Dear Sir, —Will any of your correspondents 
kindly tell me what Lamprey (Petromyzon) 
fisheries we have in the British Isles altogether, 
and if the shad {Chipea alosa) is abundant in 
England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland. 
I know of a great many grounds where both 
these fish abound, and should be glad of any 
bints for catching same. 1 have often caught 
shad with fly.—Yours truly, Forastero. 
Carril, Spain, March 25,1893. 
P.S.—I enclose my card. Is shad thought 
much of in England? 
[Mr. Willis Bund has kindly sent us a note 
about shad. Lampreys are taken in the Severn 
and Trent at weirs.—E d.] 
THE INNER MAN: A HINT TO ANGLERS. 
Sir, —May I venture (once in a way) to bring 
before the notice of my brother anglers what 
cannot fail to be a boon to those who like a first- 
rate basin of soup (not a second rate, but truly 
first rate), and this excellent soup can be produced 
'in ten minutes w'herever a fire, a saucepan, pepper 
and salt, a spoon, and a basin are obtainable ! 
Hitherto I have held aloof from such things, but 
my grocer recently supplied me with some of 
“ Lazenby’s Solidified Soup Squares,” price 5^d. 
We have tried two kinds at home, namely, “ The 
Household ” and “ Mulligatawney,” and better 
soups no man needs—in our opinion. We find 
t' at there is enough good strong soup in one 
square for three ordinary people (1^- pints). But 
think of the value of it on a fishing expedition 
and in a wild country, where the cooking is 
simply awful! And what a jolly idea it is to 
arrange, at some clean cottage handy to the river, 
to have your basin of soup for luncheon daily. 
In spring salmon fishing, when half frozen in 
one’s waders, hoiy this would warm the cockles 
of an honest angler’s heart! Grog isn’t in it! 
Try for yourselves. 
Then we all know how hard it is to get sand¬ 
wiches cut well—for what with bad and thickly- 
cut ham and junks of dry bread, one needs the 
jaws of a bulldog and the digestion of an ostrich. 
It is, however, much simpler to make one’s 
own, and this can be done whilst at breakfast by 
each angler, without trouble. I have for years 
used potted meats of various kinds for breakfast, 
and often for sandwiches — but the very best 
potted beef I have come across for years I got by 
merest chance in a strange grocer’s a few days 
ago, something very small per tin, I quite forget 
now. The makers are John Burgess and Sons, 
107, Strand, London, and their potted beef, spread 
on thin bread and butter, makes a grand sandwich. 
I wonder these firms do not advertise in the 
Fishing Gazette. —I am, &c , E. M. Tod. 
N.B —To keep sandwiches moist, get a supply 
of vegetable parchment, such as is used in cover¬ 
ing jam pots, and wrap up your sandwiches in 
that. It is far before tin boxes in my opinion. 
—E. M. T. 
[We can fully endorse all Mr. Tod says about 
the excellence of these specialties. The best 
preparation of the kind we know is Burgess’s 
Anchovy Paste. A little of this with butter on dry 
toast is as good for breakfast and lunch as any¬ 
thing we know. Their “ M. M.” Savoy Pickle 
is simply perfection. We agree with Sir Walter 
Scott as to the excellence of the goods produced 
by this firm.— Ed.] _ 
PROVINCIAL ANGLING ASSOCIATION. 
Dear Sir, —Mr. C. White’s reply to my ques¬ 
tions is both evasive and misleading, and in one 
or more instances incorrect. I fail to understand 
the remark “ proud position he has assigned to 
me in the North,” and as to “ chaos in the N.A. A.” 
a little information may be forthcoming as to the 
cause at some future date. As to the sum of £'7 
being the expense of Bolton joining the P.A.A , a 
reliable authority states positively that it would 
cost the Bolton Association of 640 members 
£17 13s 4d. for the first year for only the London 
and North-Western Railway privileges, nothing 
else being of any utility to them. Between the 
two amounts there is a difference of £10 13s. 4d. 
Perhaps the trifling difference may be the 
delegates’ expenses. Mr. White replies to a 
“ vulgar question ” I never asked, but totally 
ignores my first three questions, and in answer¬ 
ing the next, says “ they did not refuse to co¬ 
operate.” This is incorrect, for the printed rules 
and constitution of the N.A.A. were sent to Mr. 
White, and a request for a similar favour in 
respect to the rules, Ac, of the P.A.A. But 
perhaps he has copies of his courteous letter 
acknowledging the receipt of the former and his 
discourteous letter refusing the latter. So 
unfriendly did Mr. White and his committee show 
themselves to be that tne council ordered the 
correspondence to be closed, and then, after this 
had be^n done, Mr. White again wrote, asking if 
the N.A.A. had any proposal to make as to 
joining the P.A.A., please note, without ever 
seeing their rules. Had not the executive of the 
P.A.A. been so narrow-minded, that association 
and the N.A.A. might have joined forces for 
the general good ; as it is, matters are anything 
but satisfactory to anglers in the north, who may 
possibly move in the matter. If the P.A.A. 
has not included the northern area, how is it that 
the entire dispensation of privileges granted by 
the London and North-Western Railway Com¬ 
pany is placed in their hands, and they have 
power to grant cards to Liverpool and Warring¬ 
ton ? Until this question. Did the deputation 
from the P A.A. represent to the London and 
North-Western Railway that they appeared on 
behalf of all anglers outside London? is an¬ 
swered, I shall hold the opinion that the P.A.A. 
obtained these privileges for their own benefit 
and not those of anglers generally, selfishness is 
no part of an angler’s outfit. Now, sir, the 
council ot the N.A.A. contains many of your 
own personal friends, men above suspicion, who 
spent a lot of time and money (not a penny on 
delegates), and they were refused even an inter¬ 
view to state the claims of 50,000 anglers in the 
north, and yet the same railway company received 
others, and granted what they asked, our portion 
included. Is this right ?—Yours faithfully, 
Lanc.ashire Correspondent. 
