284 GRAYIJX(4. — KOKTHERN MrCTITGAN. 



for the lirst time, beheld the marvelous colors of the large 

 dorsal tin and the pectoral tins, the silvery sides, tlie olive 

 l)rown hack, the " V " shaped black specks, (where the 

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

 of the uTaylinu-. If I had not taken another lish, I should 

 have felt repaid for my journey. Pages of description had 

 not given me the whole agreeable truth about this beauti- 

 ful lish, 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 tine fellow that showed great 

 vigor and activity for two or three minutes, and despite 

 Charlie's urgent appeals to "land him." 1 gave him full 

 play and studied liis form, colors and spirited inovcments 

 in tiie clear water, as he passed n\) and down, within 

 twenty leet of the V)oat. The magniliceut dorsal tin, erect 

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

 glowed like a rainbow, and his shining sides flashed in the 

 sun^light like silver. It. Avas, indeed, a beautiful sight, and 

 I enjoj'ed it to the full before he finally succumbed and lay 

 panting on the surface. ^Vhen I tinall}^ drew him in, he 

 weighed ten ounces, measured thirteen and one-half inches 

 in length and six and one half around,— a slender fish, as 

 these measurments 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 grajding, we hastened on to West's Land- 

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



