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becomes reduced, this evening rise of water is of short 

 duration, and the river may be again fishable within 

 a few hours, until when the annual snow has become 

 exhausted, or the daily temperature is too low to melt 

 that which may remain, then the river becomes dead-low. 



The angler who has learnt to regard snow broth 

 as his hete noir is apt to be startled by the statement 

 that it is upon plentiful supplies of snow that his sport 

 to a great extent depends, and it is excusable if with 

 some slight trepidation he approach such fields and 

 pastm'es new. 



But there is no need of alarm, for the snow-water has 

 no resemblance to the same mess in Great Britain, for 

 in its descent from the hills and mountains it gets so 

 tossed about that it becomes aerated and similar to the 

 water in the rivers themselves. 



During the first few weeks of the melting winter-snow, 

 the hillsides are streaming with water in all directions ; 

 in fact, the country is nothing more nor less than an 

 immense shower-bath, and as the streams issuing from 

 glaciers and snow-fields speed on, to give their contribution 

 to the rivers below, they are frequently precipitated 

 from considerable heights, thus forming the waterfalls, 

 or "fosses," which add so much to the scenic beauty 

 of the country, and attract visitors from near and far. 



The glacier-fed rivers being partially independent of 



