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daily by cutting it into two short beats. One rod killed 

 400 lbs. of salmon and 20 lbs. of grilse ; the other rod 

 killed 72 lbs. of salmon and 24 lbs. of grilse ; and the 

 rods fishing on the Sundays killed 87 lbs. of salmon — 

 altogether 559 lbs., and 44 lbs. of grilse. 



By breakages, or by the hook getting free, the 400-lb. 

 rod lost four good fish ; by similar accidents the 72-lb. 

 rod lost sixteen fish — two very large ones ; and the 

 87-lb. rod lost a few ; so, with better luck, or more skill, 

 the total could have been much improved. 



For the last five weeks of the season two other rods 

 killed just on 200 lbs. of salmon, thus bringing the total 

 to 779 lbs. of salmon, and 44 lbs. of grilse ; in all, 823 

 lbs., principally killed in the lower beat and in a bad 

 season. 



The man to whom I sublet the fishing for the latter half 

 of the season I have never met, the arrangements having 

 been conducted by correspondence ; but, for all that, I know 

 by his letters that he is a thorough good sportsman. At 

 my request he wrote to tell me how they were getting 

 on, and concluded by saying, " If we had been good 

 anglers, and had possessed any previous knowledge of 

 Norwegian rivers in general, and of the Evanger in par- 

 ticular, I am sure we should have done much better.' 

 This is the class of angler I wish to meet, and the kind 

 of man I like to fish with. 



