1 36 Rambles with a Fishing-Rod. 



the Tyrol and Switzerland he will meet both 

 with char and with various species of that 

 fish so unknown to English anglers, the cor- 

 regonous, which, under its various names of 

 paUe, renJce, and fera, puzzles the traveller who 

 comes across it in the menus of tables d'hote. 

 A fishing tour, therefore, it is obvious, is a 

 strangely neglected mode of passing a holiday, 

 for it suits many tastes. The men who desire 

 to live solitarily or gregariously, in lonely vil- 

 lages or in crowded hotels, can all compass 

 its pleasures. And both the complete enthu- 

 siast in fishing, and the person who looks upon 

 it as the merest pastime, will find that it is by 

 no means to be despised, since it brings the 

 traveller into new scenes, into contact with 

 the inhabitants of the country, and is not more 

 costly or more troublesome than an ordinary 

 tour. So, to use the words of Herrick 



" On with thy fortunes, then, whate'er they be : 

 If good, I'll smile ; if bad, I'll sigh for thee." 



