CH. IV.] STREAMS NEAR GENEVA VERSOIX. 65 



this dodge, unless driven to extremity, when it 

 surely may be permissible. One calm bright day, 

 when the water was very clear, I had been whip- 

 ping a loch in Argyleshire with scarce any suc- 

 cess, when I happened to see something depend- 

 ing from the brim of my wide-awake. On taking 

 it off, I discovered that the object was a white 

 caterpillar, and, remembering this dodge, immedi- 

 ately availed myself of his volunteered services, 

 by tailing my fly with him, the result being a 

 good sea-trout the very first cast. 



Having casually alluded to Geneva, I may 

 mention that there are two good fishing-streams 

 within reach of it. One, the Yersoix, rising in 

 the slopes of the Jura, and flowing into the 

 Lake about seven miles above Geneva, is a charm- 

 ing bright, lively stream, running through very 

 pretty scenery, rather wooded in some places, but 

 in others fairly open and easy to fish. Though 

 Trout are not very abundant in it, yet they are 

 some of the most beautiful, as well as the best 

 for the table, that I ever came across. They run 

 occasionally up to two or three pounds, a miller 

 indeed caught one of between six and seven pounds 

 in his mill-tail and enough can generally be met 

 with to make it quite worth while to try for them. 



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