284 GRAYLING. NORTHERN MH'IIK.AV 



for the first time, beheld the marvelous colors of the la 



dorsal tin and tlic pectoral fins, the silvery sides, Ihe olive 

 brown back, the " V " shaped black specks, (where the 

 trout has the crimson spots.) and the graceful, taper form 

 of the grayling. If 1 had not taken another tish. 1 should 

 have felt repaid for 1113- journey. Pages of deseription had 

 not given me the whole a-reeable truth about this beauti 

 fill tish. that was revealed to me in the two minutes' 

 examination I gave to this "specimen number," before I 

 plumped him into the well. 



Casting again, I struck a- fine fellow that showed great 

 vigor and activity for two or three minutes, and despite 

 Charlie's urgent appeals to " land him," I gave him full 

 play and studied his form, eolors and spirited movements 

 in the clear water, as he passed up and down, within 

 t \\entv feel of the boat. The magnificent dorsal tin. erect 

 like a warrior's plume, waved like a battle standard, and 

 plowed like a rainbow, and hi- shining sides Hashed in the 

 -mi-light like silver. It was. indeed, a beautiful sight, and 

 1 enjoyed it to the full before he finally succumbed and lay 

 panting on the surface. When 1 finally drew him in. he 

 weighed ten ounces, measured thirteen and one half inches 

 in length and six and one half around, a slender tish, a- 

 these i neasurments show, but typical of all the grayling I 

 saw. In some rivers, I was told, they are thicker than 

 this, but everywhere more slender than trout. 



The evening was now approaching; and. after taking 

 another pair of grayling, we hastened on to W->t's Land 

 ing, where we camped for the night. The guides made a 



