74 Rambles with a Fishing-Rod. 



might be able to establish ourselves at the 

 Gasthof zur Post (where the usual five shillings 

 a-day will cover all expenses), and, though 

 the village itself is by no means attractive, 

 enjoy ourselves by having several days' good 

 steady sport with the grayling in the Lech. 



Between Eeutte and Langries no attempt 

 was made to fish. At Partenkirchen the days 

 were given to walking, and the Walchen See 

 was, while we were there, never ruffled by a 

 breeze. As we passed through the quiet woods 

 and pastures of the Jachenau Thai, the stream, 

 a tributary of the Isar, from which the valley 

 takes its name, raised tempting visions of spring 

 trouting. But when we struck the Isar " rolling 

 rapidly" rather too rapidly, in fact, at Langries 

 we tried to have a final day's fishing before 

 we quitted the Bavarian Highlands. The pos- 

 sessor of the fishing in this fine river at this 

 place is the Duke of Nassau, and when we had 

 found his agent, we had no difficulty in obtain- 

 ing a card from him. The Fisch-Jcarte in 

 question was available for the months of May, 

 June, July, August, September, and October, 

 for rod-fishing for trout, grayling, and " white 

 fish." In addition to specifying the limits to 



