THE RIVER GAULA 7 



is warmed in the great lakes already men- 

 tioned. I find to-day that the temperature of 

 the water is 46*5 Fahrenheit, the coldest I 

 have registered. It is usually from 48 to 50 

 on the 1st of June. 



The tidal water below the great Fos will 

 occupy our entire attention for at least three 

 weeks, possibly for longer. The date at which 

 any large number of fish ascend to the upper 

 waters is very variable, and though stray fish 

 have been observed in the ladder early in June, 

 it is usually the end of the month, and some- 

 times it is July, before there is any great run. 

 This fishing in the tideway, though it has been 

 termed by a caviller " sea fishing," has many 

 points of interest and attraction. The fish 

 killed are nearly all fresh-run, they take the 

 fly well and freely, and they fight with a vigour 

 and dash which I have not found paralleled 

 elsewhere. " They make themselves very big 

 for their size," it has been said. The water 

 consists of three pools, two being side by side 

 and the third below. As the river comes over 

 the Fos, it divides into two streams. The two 

 pools below are separated by a rocky island, 

 covered at high water, but under ordinary con- 



