Ramble in the Salzkammergut and Tyrol. 1 7 



tained a dozen. One o'clock came : I was wet 

 and hungry, and not inclined to go on with the 

 fishing ; so I took down my rod and returned 

 to St Valentin with a dozen and a half of gray- 

 ling, some strung schoolboy-fashion on a stick, 

 for my bag was but small. The "Englischer 

 Herr," as he passed through the village, created 

 quite a sensation among the unsporting peas- 

 ants. A few ounces over 10 Ib. weight of fish 

 had been taken, the largest being rather more 

 than If Ib., the smallest \ Ib. Several more 

 would have come to hand with the aid of a 

 landing-net, others escaped from various causes ; 

 but on the whole, it was a pleasant morning's 

 sport. 



The stream, after half a mile, divides into 

 two branches, each of which is excellent 

 ground ; it then reunites again opposite the 

 village of Graun. There is scarcely a tree 

 upon the banks, though here and there a soli- 

 tary willow dots the plain. Fishermen, like 

 everybody else, must live : and I can honestly 

 say that the Weissen Kreuz, though rough to 

 look at, affords excellent quarters ; and that 

 were every landlady as kind and attentive as 

 Frau Paldorf, inns would become almost homes. 

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