SPECKLED TROUT 123 



They expect to enter a sylvan paradise of trout, cool 

 retreats, laughing brooks, picturesque views, bal- 

 samic couches, etc., instead of which they find hun- 

 ger, rain, smoke, toil, gnats, mosquitoes, dirt, broken 

 rest, vulgar guides, and salt pork; and they are very 

 apt not to see where the fun comes in. But he who 

 goes in a right spirit will not be disappointed, and 

 will find the taste of this kind of life betteic, though 

 bitterer, than the writers have described. 



