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fall, for it is impossible that such magnificent rivers as one 

 sees all the way up between Stockholm and Happaranda, can 

 be without fish. I suppose the Norwegian tackle and flies 

 would suit all these waters,, and I should certainly try spin- 

 ning. The large lake trout are met with in all the great 

 lakes, and are always taken by spinning; in all the Lap 

 waters charr, grayling, and trout abound. Almost all the 

 streams in North Wermland are full of trout, and charr are 

 met with in all the fell lakes. I should certainly recommend 

 any man who wished to fish the Lap lakes properly, to bring up 

 a portable boat large enough to hold two well. I cannot fancy 

 any place where a party of real sportsmen, properly equipped 

 with tent, provisions, etc., could spend so happy a summer 

 as camped out on the Lapland fells. As with the game, so 

 with the fish, very little care is taken to preserve them, and 

 the consequence is, that a man does not get the sport in 

 Sweden that he expects. Still there is good fishing in many 

 places yet to be obtained ; and to prove this, we need only 

 refer to Mr. Lloyd's Scandinavian adventures, in which he 

 gives us the result of his fishing at Eonnum, a little south 

 of Wenersborg, with the rod, during one particular season 

 in all, 580 fish (including 120 lake trout, weight, 1796 lb., 

 and 364 pike), which weighed 2864 lb. I know the fish- 

 ing at Eonnum is not what it was in his day, but this I 

 also know, that there are many places as good now, if a man 

 only hits on the right one, and much good shooting to be 

 had, if he were to hire a large manor, and go to a little 

 expense arid trouble in preserving his game. The salmon 

 do not ascend the Swedish rivers very far, on account of the 

 numerous water-falls, and consequently they are not taken far 

 from the sea ; but as I have before said, trout and grayling 

 are to be met with in all the streams in North Wermland and 

 Dalecarlia, and certainly that is about the best district for 

 an English sportsman to pitch his tent, in Sweden. It is 

 reached without difficulty, and I am sure a good season's 

 sport might be had there by looking about. As it has not 

 become the fashion for Englishmen to hire either fishing 

 or shooting yet in thia country, this is just the very 



