Voss and the Evanger River. 209 



This foss extends from bank to bank, and in it, upon 

 the left-hand side, is a salmon-trap, which, however, from 

 what I know, does not exact heavy toll, and its victims 

 are not the property of Mr. Beyer. 



Immediately below the foss an island divides the 

 stream, the left-hand l)ranch being that by which the 

 running fish ascend ; then the streams again combine to 

 make one long, wide pool, which stretches out into a wide, 

 lake-like expanse, in which, however, fish are occasionally 

 killed upon the stream side of an island situated in its 

 midst. After about half a mile the lake-water is con- 

 tracted, and a pool is formed which nearly always contains 

 fish, and lower down, between high banks, is another deep, 

 straight pool, ending in a formidable pass and rapid. 

 This was our upper water, and, with the exception of a 

 few short casts, either from boat or bank on the top 

 pool, is entirely harling water — and, in my opinion, harl- 

 ing water of the most uninteresting description — for the 

 stream is sluggish, and in many places the boat must be 

 rowed at right angles to it in order to prevent the bait 

 grounding. Yet I am told that several fish have been 

 killed in it with the fly in a single day, but this was 

 late in the season after rain. 



I take little interest in fishing the water, and for 

 that reason may not have done it justice, and I know 

 it is a favourite abode for big fish, as my companions 



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