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VII. 

 A DIARY AT DAVOS. 1 



"VTOTHING is more difficult than to form a 

 ** fair estimate of the angling value of a lake 

 or river after giving it only a short trial : it is for 

 this reason that so little reliance can be placed 

 upon the recommendations which are given of 

 this or that locality unless the sum of a number 

 of experiences can be obtained. On the other 

 hand, information as to fishing on the Conti- 

 nent is so often asked for, that some short 

 notes of recent fishing experiences in Switzer- 

 land may be useful, especially as, having had 

 frequent opportunities of trying the lakes and 

 streams of most of the neighbouring countries, 

 the nature of the fishing was more or less 

 familiar to me. But the object of this expedi- 



1 1882. 



