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the trout with pink spots and yellow halo, probably the 

 original stationary occupant, had vastly decreased in 

 numbers and- size, while the reverse was the case with 

 the land-locked sea-trout. 



We found the best fishing-ground to be situated 

 between two islands, about the middle of the lake, where 

 the water was not deep. 



One of us killed twenty -five trout while rowing to 

 and fro over this portion, and immediately afterwards 

 another of the party killed ten others in it. We named 

 it the Dogger Bank. The sea-trout were most determined 

 fish, for even when pricked they would follow up the 

 minnow and attack it again and again. 



Upon the second day of our visit, the farm people 

 from the valley below brought up their cattle to the 

 sseters around the lake, and as we left, upon the fourth 

 day, they were busy cutting the hay grass. We packed 

 up our traps, and taking it easy over the fjelds, arrived 

 in Siirendal, punctually to take advantage of the weekly 

 close- time for netting in the fjord. 



Within the next few days we killed a fish or two 

 and some grilse, but it was evident that nothing much 

 would be done without rain, for the river was spun out. 



Upon the last day of our visit, the beginning of 

 August, a rise of a few inches of water gave us a chance 

 of three fish, but not one did we land. 





