no Rambles with a Fishing-Rod. 



useless, as only one small trout was taken. A 

 wet afternoon followed, with falling snow on 

 the higher parts of the mountains, and a strong 

 wind. Fished the lake from the bank with 

 fly, minnow, and artificial grasshopper, but 

 only took a small trout at the mouth of the 

 Landwasser. 



Second Day. Bright sun and cold wind. 

 Fished the Landwasser for an hour in the 

 morning, and took a small trout. From eleven 

 to one wandered about the banks of the lake, 

 and took a couple of small trout with a dun 

 fly. In the afternoon took a few more small 

 things. 



Third Day. Fished the lake from ten to 

 twelve, and took a small trout, and lost a 

 better-sized one, but had no other rises : a 

 fair northerly wind. On this day I made 

 the acquaintance of Conrad Lattner, the fisher- 

 man who attends to the nets on the lake. 

 The privilege of fishing with nets belongs to 

 the proprietors of the Fluela and Kurhaus 

 Davos Dorfli : it has been obtained for a 

 valuable consideration. Lattner is rather an 

 oddity, with some contempt for rod -fishing 

 on a lake, though he occupies most of the 



