234 TRAVELS IN THE EIGHTIES. 



angling of salmon. The following is the result of 

 my exertions : License to angle for salmon in any 

 place in the river 100 marks. Item below the 1st 

 cat sch 20 m., the salmon to be returned to the fisher - 

 mens ; but above the raati, or 1st catch, the fish is 

 the property of the angler, except those salmon that 

 are 1,500ft. below the 2nd, or Muhus cotsh. My 

 reason to prapose the license that high vas, that if 

 10 or 20 marks vas the prise for angling, anybody, 

 both Bill and Joe, schould begin to angle for salmon 

 and spoil the game altogether ; vas I not right in my 

 opinion ? 



" I have been offered 10 for Lalli, but I kan not 

 part vith it for any money. The dog is descendant of 

 dog and wolf (canis domesticus and lupus)" 



The length of the Uleo from lake to sea is 101 

 kilometres, and its total length 30 Swedish miles (180 

 miles). From 1871 to 1875 the average catch of 

 salmon annually was 19,3001b. In 1877 and 1878 

 the catch was 65,1001b. 



Pretty and generally fairly good roads are found 

 between all the towns, while those near the coast are 

 usually the smoothest and best engineered, and 

 would be very good for bicycles, though not for 

 tricycles. The cost of posting is sixteen penni (ten 

 penni being equal to one English penny) per verst, a 

 verst being roughly a thousand yards. Posting sta- 

 tions are found everywhere, and there is never any 

 delay as in Scandinavia ; but one sometimes has to 

 travel for a stage in a cart without springs, but this 



