4 Angling Travels in Norway. 



fathers concluded, there remains a vast amount to be learnt 

 both in the art itself and in the habits of the game. 



Our methods of angling are no doubt much improved, 

 and in fish culture and ichthyology we have made con- 

 siderable strides, but towards the elucidation of the 

 incidents of some stages in the life of the Salmonidse we are 

 so distant that we yet appear to be nearer the beginning 

 than the end. 



The observation of fish while ansfling in foreign waters 

 affords the opportunity to compare their habits with those 

 of dwellers in the lakes and rivers of our own country, and 

 for this purpose visits to Norway are of rare interest to the 

 angler-naturalist. 



He will probably make no startling discovery, it is true, 

 but he will ascertain the peculiarities of the waters of the 

 country, the requirements for angling, and the habits of fish 

 under circumstances which do not exist elsewhere, and 

 turning homewards with his harvest garnered, he will 

 acknowledge to himself that had it been reaped ere he first 

 had put foot in the country he would have commenced at 

 the point where he concluded — to his advantage as regards 

 sport. 



Such was my impression at the termination of my first 

 visit to Scandinavia, as, with my kind host, I made the 

 sad return passage by river to the fjord ; and to enable 

 anglers, no farther advanced than I, to take up the thread 



