A Diary at Davos. 1 09 



that the fish will not rise in cold weather ; but 

 5000 feet above the sea-level, cold weather is 

 necessarily more common than warm. Again, 

 on a warm sunny day there is probably no 

 wind, and in really fine weather in the Alps 

 wind is generally absent. It is on the cold 

 stormy days when there is most wind, and this 

 is just the weather in which the Davos trout 

 prefers not to rise. On the other hand, when 

 there is any wind, and the sun is not too bright, 

 a trout or two may be taken with the minnow ; 

 and again, after sunset, if there is a breeze, and 

 the day has been warm, there is sure to be some 

 sport for an hour or two, and on a day in which 

 the trout are on the feed the minnow will ac- 

 count for a good basket. But on the whole, 

 and taken one day with another, the Davoser 

 See is distinctly, I think, a bad lake for angling, 

 though it may very well beguile a day or an 

 afternoon, when there are plenty of walking 

 and climbing expeditions to form the staple 

 of amusement. 



First Day (end of August}. A piercingly 

 cold north wind, with snow on the tops of the 

 mountains. The Landwasser was tried in the 

 morning with fly and minnow. It was quite 



