34 Angling Travels in Norway. 



in the act of casting have been thrown on my knees by 

 the concussion caused by a pine log drifting down upon 

 the boat, and, upon looking up-stream, to my dismay have 

 viewed an endless string of these nuisances bearing down 

 upon us. 



Down they come along the stream side of your favourite 

 pools, the ends alternately charging the banks and making 

 a rare mess of the water, until first one and then another 

 gets hitched up upon the banks or shallows as the water 

 gradually falls in. 



Towards the afternoon, most of the trunks will have 

 passed by, or become hitched up, and you calculate upon 

 a few hours of uninterrupted sport ; but even in this you 

 are disappointed, as the efi"ect of the day's sun now causes 

 the river to rise, and the anchored logs are again freed, to 

 pursue their deadly course, and put an end to the day's 

 angling. 



You console yourself with the reflection that upon the 

 morrow you will be unmolested, and betimes you set to 

 work to make up for lost time, but here again you are 

 out in your reckoning, for scarcely have you commenced 

 fishing when a log comes bumping into the boat, a warning 

 of more trouble. 



The stream is more sparsely strewn with litter to-day 

 than yesterday, as these are only the stragglers which have 

 got hung up in banks and backwaters, and to get free 



