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rendered the tenancy less enjoyable ; they, so to say, put 

 up with the inconvenience, and, as long as they are able, 

 make the best of a bad job, but, when free agents, will 

 rather forsake such homes than alter their natural habits 

 to meet the exigencies of the situation. 



In short, rivers and lakes may alter, but, unless com- 

 pelled, fish will not. 



Angling in Norway is conducted by the methods 

 practised in our home waters, but the nature of the 

 country and climate demands alterations in detail ; there- 

 fore it is essential that the angler should appreciate the 

 conditions which afford a key to the situation. 



He starts with one certainty, however, in that he is 

 about to fish a strange river in a strange country — an 

 awkward combination — so he must call experience to his 

 aid, and endeavour to diagnose the pools without loss of 

 time ; with this object, he should keep his eyes open, and 

 concentrate attention while noting the size of the river and 

 the formation of its bed, banks, and pools. 



The possession of a good eye for the lie of fish is a 

 gift granted to the few who have made a study of natural 

 history at the waterside, and these become so conversant 

 with their subject that they for the time being seem as if 

 merged into it ; but some seem never to acquire this 

 sympathy, however much they may fish. 



Most of the Norwegian salmon rivers worth fishing are 



