230 SALMON1A. [siyra day. 



spring. Marsigli says, that they spawn in the Danube 

 in June. You have seen how violently they pursue 

 their prey : I have never taken one without fish in his 

 stomach; yet, when small, they will take a fly. In 

 the Kleingraben, which is a feeder to the Laybach 

 river, and where they are found of all sizes — from 

 201bs. downwards — the little ones take a flv, lout the 

 large ones are too ravenous to care about so insigni- 

 ficant a morsel, and prey like the largest trout, often 

 hunting in company, and chasing the small fish into 

 the narrow and shallow streams, and then devouring 

 them. — But I see your tackle is ready. As a more 

 experienced angler in this kind of fishing, you will 

 allow me to try my fortune with this fish, I still see 

 him feeding ; but I must keep out of sight, for he has 

 all the timidity peculiar to the salmo genus, and, if 

 he catch sight of me, will certainlv not run at the bait. 



ORN. — You spin the bleak for him, I see, as for a 

 great trout. ! there ! he has run at it — and you 

 have missed him. What a fish ! You surely were too 

 quick, for he sprung out of the water at the bleak. 



HAL. — I was not too quick ; but he rose just as the 

 bleak was on the surface, and saw me ; and now he 

 is frightened, and gone down into the deep water. 

 We must retire till we see him feeding again, which 

 will be, I hope, in a few minutes, for his violence 

 shows he is not yet satisfied. 



