An essay to prove that the jurisdiction and conservacy of the river of Thames, &c., is committed to the lord mayor, and city of London, both in point of right and usage, by prescription, charters, acts of Parliament, decrees
Subtitle: To which is added, a brief description of those fish, with their seasons, spawning-times, &c., that are caught in the Thames, or sold in London. With some few observations on the nature, element, cloathing, numbers, passage, wars, and sensation, &c., peculiar to fish in general. And, also, of the water-carriage on the river Thames, to the several parts of the kingdon
By: By Roger Griffiths, water-bailiff.
Publisher: Printed by Robert Brown
Published: 1746
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Fisheries -- Great Britain.; Fishes -- Great Britain.; Thames River -- Navigation.
Notes: Published in 1758, under the title: Description of the river Thames, &c., and claimed by Robert Binnell. Westwood &Satchell, in Bibliotheca piscatoria, say the work "appears to have been an appurtenance of the water-bailiffs."