Frank Buckland on the Devonshire Fisheries
Anon
Genre: | Poetry, Drollery |
Subjects: | Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Pollution, Breeding, Politics |
Presents an extract from a Devon newspaper describing Buckland's gratitude to the Corporation of Exeter for awarding a grant towards the improvement of Devon rivers, a move that he thinks will result in plenty of 'delicious fish'. The poem comments on this news item, emphasising the link between money and fish. |
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