THE UNHARVESTED THAMES SIR,—Re above in The Spectator of April
list, I would like to say that the British Government took over the elver fishing station at Epney on the Severn four years ago, and quantities of elvers have been supplied to suitable waters in England. The Norfolk Fishery Board purchased 420,000 last year on behalf of the owners of eel fisheries in this district, and I expect a consignment of 780,000 tomorrow. I do not know what is meant by their returning after " not so many days," as eels live and grow in fresh water for four to six years before they are ready to go down to the sea, and it is mainly on their downward journey that they are caught for food. It is not the poorer classes that buy eels in this country, as they now fetch from 4s. to ss. per lb.—Yours faithfully,
Norfolk Fishery Board, zo Redwell Street, Norwich.
A. J. RUDD.
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