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creating obscurity and offering a substitute 

 for greatness and distance, give something 

 of an Alpine and majestic character to this 

 region. 



Orn. — As we are now fixed in our places 

 in the boat, you will surely put out a rod or 

 two with a set of flies, or try the tail of the 

 par for a large trout or salmon : our fishing 

 will not hinder our progress. 



Hal. — In most other lakes I should do 

 so ; here I have often tried the experiment, 

 but never with success. This lake is ex- 

 tremely deep, and there are very few fish 

 which haunt it generally except char ; and 

 salmon seldom rest but in particular parts 

 along the shore, which we shall not touch. 

 Our voyage will be a picturesque, rather 

 than an angling one. I see we shall have 

 little occasion for the oars, for a strong- 

 breeze is rising, and blowing directly down 

 the lake ; we shall be in it in a minute. 

 Hoist the sails! On we go! — we shall 

 make our voyage in half the number of 

 hours I had calculated upon ; and I hope to 

 catch a salmon in time for dinner. 



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