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he would run out into the stream or pass down to 

 the awkward corner at the bottom of the pool ; but 

 he left no one in suspense long. He got the trout 

 and its hook out of his mouth somehow, and quickly 

 went off to Tb'lz, probably, to tell his friends about 

 the foreign devils who had come to Lenggries. Great 

 was the disgust of the two he left behind : with a 

 rueful countenance the Admiral rearranged his trout, 

 which had been sorely doubled up by what it had 

 gone through. There were teeth-marks on the shoul- 

 der, but the big hook had somehow missed its hold. 

 Wading was now necessary. G. went into the water 

 and essayed to do battle with its inhabitants. He 

 was not so good a hand at spinning as his friend, and 

 his bait made a fearful splash ; but, nevertheless, in 

 three minutes he too was fast in a liuchen. And this 

 creature also, finding that what he had got was not 

 what he had wanted, spat it out, and went away 

 shaking his tail. Then for half an hour the men 

 sat and groaned in chorus on the bank, the while, 

 with trembling fingers, they put on a fresh bait, 

 added more hooks, and then G. once more waded 

 in, and he had not fished more than half-a-dozen 

 yards when up came a third liuclien, seized the trout, 

 and made off as if he meant to stick to it for life. 

 This time he had, or ought to have had, four hooks 

 in his mouth. " Aha ! the third time for luck ; we 

 shall have him now." But will our readers believe 

 that in five minutes this fish also sot off 1 ? We are 



