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huchos. Let me recommend to you to put on 

 minnow tackle — that tackle with the five small 

 hooks; and, as we have minnows and bleaks, 

 you may perhaps hook trout, or even huchos ; 

 and in half an hour our fish dinner at the inn 

 will be ready. I shall return there, to see 

 that all is right, and shall expect you when 

 you have finished your fishing. 



\TJiey all meet in the dining-room of the inn.'\ 



Hal. — Well, what sort of sport have you 

 had since I left you ? 



PoiET. — We have each caught a trout and 

 two large chubs, and have had two or three 

 runs besides — but we saw no huchos ; and 

 though several large grayling rose in one of 

 the streams, and we tried to catch them by 

 spinning the minnow in every possible way, 

 yet they took no notice of our bait. 



Hal. — This is usually the case. I have 

 heard of anglers who have taken grayling with 

 minnows, but it is a rare occurrence, and 

 never happened to me. Your dinner, I dare 

 say, is now ready ; and you know it is a dinner 



