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third was able to discuss to a very limited extent the 

 advantages of horse-breeding establishments with the 

 cavalry lieutenant. At first the presence of strangers 

 made a little awkwardness at this big table but it 

 soon wore off; and after a short time an outsider 

 peeping in and surveying the noisy talkers, might 

 have thought that they had all run about and played 

 with one another in petticoats. 



So the first day passed, and G. went to bed and 

 dreamed partly of huchen catching, and partly of 

 going in the morning to pay his formal call in dress 

 clothes at the Schloss, the idea of which rather fright- 

 ened him. 



The tAvo friends were down by the river in good 

 time the next day, and they went straight to a pool 

 where the Admiral said he knew there was a huchen. 

 It was a niceish pool to look at, with two or three 

 big stones in it, suitable for fish to sit under, and a 

 rapid and strong stream at its head, tail, and further 

 side, for the pool only stretched half over the river. 

 The first portion of it could be commanded from the 

 bank, and the Admiral began operations, throwing 

 his trout up stream and bringing it very quickly 

 down with the current, and then as quickly up. He 

 had not made a dozen casts when the water opened 

 a little, a head appeared, there was a good splash, and 

 G. saw his first huchen. The fish seemed a heavy 

 one, he made the rod bend well, and took out line 

 freely. There was some anxiety felt as to whether 



