1 88 Angling Travels in Norway. 



Before starting to fish, I thought it advisable to draw 

 Johann's attention to the clause in the agreement which 

 fixed his pay at Kr.2 per day ; and it was well that I did 

 so, for at the mention of this sum he disdainfully tossed 

 up his head and said that the amount was entirely in- 

 sufficient, adding that an Englishman whom he had 



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accompanied when trout-fishing two or three years before 

 had paid him Kr.6 a day. 



I surmised that this was an invention prompted by my 

 ready agreement to our landlord's demand for rent ; but, 

 as I did not intend to argue about it, I paid him for his 

 services, and told him we should no longer require them. 



