The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-05-29 00:00:00

CHARIIOiJTH.

name Lunt —The injury indicted epos • river
by night lines is not sufficiently known. Not only
are the beet fish taken, but the remainder have either
bass hooked led got off, or Ito terrified by the eight
of their cowponies impaled on a book, and dangling
all night in agony, that they canaot be indorsed
to feed or rise at • fiy. I have Maly ooine across •
osse of night lining of the most atrocious description.
The river is asinall oniarnasing along •vaUsy among
the Dorestsbire bill.; sad the soil been of stiff clay
the river has wore itself • deep obanmel hill of holes
mad undermining's, whisk harbour large trout. It
is • noted river for fishing many large peel Whig also
takes in the mason. This year, however, bleak gay
after blank day bag bees the result of the sealer's
perseveranoe ; yet the river war in good order and,
the skies propitious. Some other mama must be
ascertained for the falling off of the sport. A horrid
thought struck me, "Could it be night lines I will
he on the look-oat." Acoordiogly, late in thieve..
tog I descried three young blackguards stealing .
cautiously along the river's side, carrying a basket.
They did not ace me, and oommenoed their nefarimas
work. Tbe night lime I found on inspection were
well made, Sued on to short pieces of stick for
fastening round roots under water, so as to escape ,
observation. I gave the young reseals a fair warning
that they were breaking the law, and I hoped that
they would take the hint; but they went oe setting
the homes 000 l as if the river belonged to them.
Very well, my friends, thought I, we'll pot a stop
to this. Aber oommunicating with the owners of
the property. I got up early in the morning and
enomntered in. young friends with their basket of
night lines, sticks and all, just taken op. The bas-
ket contained a few eels, still on the lines; but the
trout had evidently been disposed of I straight-
way took the boy and the basket to the police
station, and instructed the policeman to look after
the case The river is, however, irreparably dam-
aged. Thirty-nine eight lines, which were the
number found in the young poacher's basket, are
sufficient to deppalate any stream. This one which
it only a few yards wide, would be emptied in •
month at that rate. Night lining, too, has its motel
&spree an well as piscatorial This slinking shoot at
nightfall, and rising op early to ass what has been
caught is embryo poaching, gad will certainly deve-
lop iota the hardesed game stealer whoever takes up
the vile pursuit. It is also • selfish and covetous
method of pursuing sport, for it entirely destroys
all fair angling, and brings down • black reputation
upon a neighbourhood. The place was notorious
before for bribery and corruption; add to it the
41mos of night being, sod "lie offence' is foul, it
sinks to heaven."—J.H. is Field, April 2tith
In justice to the Charminith youths alluded to in
,he above, we must add the explanations °attained
in • letter addressed toss by one of their (ethers :
" I respectfully hes bask if you can find room in
your next publication foe the aooompaoying letter.
You may not have MOO " J fi, O letter, en with this
send you an extract. The very boy this pompous
person bas taken to the station is my son. He was,
with other tradesmen's sons (as their eraorifatbere
and sires, when children, have dime before than),
arousing themselves beside the water is the evening
with their toy Imes. This lodging person watches
them (tint the owner, not the °Goofier, but • perfect
4,ratiger), and he get op in the more moo after Six
It go to look after what he Galls "the little poachers."
He meets my boy withia a hundred yards of his
home in the turnpike road; takes him by the neck,
and drags him to the police, takes away his little
basket, lines and all (by the by not all his), not
knowing what stream be had been on, or whether
had bean on any. We have two streams ben. 'but
the hoy wheel collared in the way be wee, saes issq
"Iv from any or either. Not contest with 'A ha
i.
writeethe letter to the Field, and the BridPo',lNeure
republiabes the precious but untruthful doeaugsge..2
D. a, CharmootlL bog wig so
frightened that he has not been well a'Aoo