Ramble in the Salzkammergiit and Tyrol. 3 



had hardly more than what can be called a look 

 at the water before dinner. Indeed I had only 

 risen a couple of fish when a dam in a mill- 

 stream was opened, which poured forth a quan- 

 tity of muddy water, and at once put an end to 

 any sport for that day. The trout-fishing was, 

 from what could be gathered about it, fair in 

 the spring, especially in May and in the 

 autumn there is the grayling in season ; and to 

 any fisherman who takes a pleasure in his art, 

 the Traun must always have a kind of literary 

 interest, from being the stream by whose banks 

 so much of the delightful chat in ' Salmonia ' 

 is supposed to take place. Still Ischl is too 

 full to be pleasant, and rather expensive, though 

 if you live in a place frequented by an imperial 

 court you cannot expect to pay peasants' prices ; 

 and being low in a valley, it has not the moun- 

 tain freshness of a more open spot. From Ischl 

 the Traun may be followed to the lake of Hall- 

 stadt. The fishing on this part, which is called 

 the Hinter Traun, belongs to the same tenant 

 as that below Ischl, but is generally considered 

 the best piece of water. Then above this lake 

 comes another stream, the Ober Traun, which 

 descends from Aussee, and is in the hands of 



