146 FISHING EIVEES. 



turning out to see us fishing with the rod and 

 line a thing seldom witnessed by them, their 

 usual mode of doing so is by net, or trap rather, 

 which they set in different runs of the river. It 

 reminded me very much of the Welsh rivers ; no 

 doubt, exposed to great spates and overfloodings. 

 After heavy rains, it was also difficult, as in 

 Wales, to get at places, from stone embankments, 

 toward which the stream often ran deeply. This 

 was in the month of August. On returning to 

 the inn, we learned that in October and Novem- 

 ber large salmon came up from the Rhine, and 

 that they took them by the spear, etc. ; and they 

 said that the fishing was good in spring time. 

 The inn was a very good one in 1857, a good 

 large room below, although the bed-rooms had 

 little comfort ; and I learned that the expenses 

 here were moderate, if you agreed for a time. 

 It is, altogether, a most delightful country ; and, 

 we were told, that better streams and rivers were 

 eight or nine miles further off ; but, not being 

 well accoutred, we did not think it wise to visit 

 them. 



