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was the best game here ; however, wc killed these fish 

 mostly by casting the fiy. 



A day and a half was quite sutticieut of" this class 

 of sport, and we came to the conclusion that there were 

 no salmon in this lowest beat, and, moreover, that there 

 was little prospect of any without rain, for although the 



GRILSE, SEA-TliOLT, BULL-TltOUT, TKOLT, AND SEA-CHAIi. 



river was big enough in all conscience, the natives con- 

 sidered it very low, and that a big rise in the water would 

 be necessary to wean the fish from the attractions of the 

 herrings in the fjord ; so we decided to push on early next 

 morning to Storjord, situated at the head of the top 

 beat of the river, and about twenty miles from Sundby. 

 From the fjord to Storjord is about twenty-four miles, 



