Excerpt from Remarks on a Pamphlet, Entitled, Observations: Regarding the Salmon Fishery of Scotland, &C. &C In fishing, as in all other sporting, no fact is better'established that this, that if you pursue the gaine'too constantly ih-one spot; they will. Soon' des'ertit' altogether. From Some such cause as this, I presume, it arises, that the stake-net fishers find it convenient to move their stakes every two or three years, (the fishing in that part of the shore being destroyed for a time, ) what then must be the effect on the whole fishing, when this system is in full vigour? It is not, however, by what is taken alone that the upper fisheries can be permanently injured, but by the obstruction which the breeding Salmon meet with. - Accordingly, the 'leading feature in the law regarding river fishing in Scotland, as well as in England and Ireland, is 'that the passage of the fish up and down must not 'be Degrees permanently interrupted. Even where cruives have obtained place, besides being under strict 'ena'ctments (according to the statute quoted by our Author) as to' the breadth of water-course, 'the owners are obliged to allow the whole to be open c'd for twenty-four hours every week. No man can erect anew wear for taking fish in a river, although' i it did not reach the middle ofthe channel, nor can any proprietor of the'bank of a lake erecta stake-net. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.