142 SALMONIA. 



fished in the Glommen, one of the largest 

 rivers in Europe ; in the Mandals, which ap- 

 peared to me the best fitted for taking sal- 

 mon; the Arendal and the Torrisdale; — but, 

 though I saw salmon rise in all these rivers, 

 I never took a fish larger than a sea trout; 

 of these I always caught many — and even in 

 the ^/i07'ds, or small inland salt-water bays; 

 but I think never any one more than a 

 pound in w^eight. It is true, I was in Nor- 

 way in the beginning of July, in exceedingly 

 bright weather, and when there was no night : 

 for even at twelve o'clock the sky was so 

 bright, that I read the smallest print in the 

 columns of a newspaper. I was in Sweden 

 later — in August: I fished in the magnifi- 

 cent Gotha, below that grand fall Trolhetta, 

 which to see is worth a voyage from Eng- 

 land ; but I never raised there any fish worth 

 taking: yet a gentleman from Gothenburg 

 told me he had formerly taken large trout 

 there. I caught, in this noble stream, a little 

 trout about as long as my hand; and the 

 only fish I got to eat at Trolhetta was bream. 

 The Falkenstein, a darker water, very like 



