SALMO-HUCHO FISHING IN BAVAKIA. 313 



if ever they fish again in the Isar, they natter them- 

 selves that they will be able to render a better 

 account of the Salmonidae which inhabit its blue 

 waters. 



We can fancy some one throwing down this book 

 and saying, " Why, confound the fellow ! he never 

 got the 90-pounder at all, or anything like it." We 

 take credit for the omission. It would have been 

 just as easy to have made out that we got, not the 

 90-pounder, for that would have attracted attention, 

 and might have led to inquiry but say a dozen, 

 running from 50 to 75 Ib. Then a little judicious 

 reticence as to names would have made all safe. Our 

 paper is a full, true, and faithful recital of what really 

 happened, and we think that such an account of a 

 fishing expedition is very rare. And if the reader 

 does not believe us now, we hope he will go to 

 Lenggries to find out for himself, and fish (with- 

 out leave) in the Isar. There, whether he meets 

 with huclien or not, he would soon make the ac- 

 quaintance of the Herr Oberforster, and of his stal- 

 wart, heavy-shoed, green -footless -stocking- wearing 

 subordinates. 



