266 SPORTING IN BOTH HEMISPHERES. 



grayling, some of the trout weighing from one to three 

 pounds. 



It was evident that some time must have elapsed since the 

 Member of Parliament alluded to by his Majesty had treated 

 them with the sight and taste of a London-tied fly, and that 

 few, if any, British anglers had succeeded him. What the 

 German ephemerae may be I know not, as I never saw one 

 in an artificial form, and never took the trouble to make a 

 microscopic examination, in order to imitate them, as I 

 always found my own stock of ready-made ones quite good 

 enough. 



The voracity of the Erukenau trout I imagine arose solely 

 from their vast numbers and the novelty of the attraction, as 

 they were taken only in the clumsy nets of the local fisher- 

 men, a hole being laded out, or the water let off some par- 

 ticular spot to facilitate their operations. 



We continued for some days to meet with extraordinary 

 sport, in fact, to catch any quantity we pleased, with which 

 we supplied the table-d'hote of the hotel, of course, gratis; 

 but it became rather an expensive amusement to us, as the 

 fishermen, who were accustomed to sell their daily amount of 

 fish, of course looked to us to make up the deficiency, which 

 we could not well refuse. We became perfect Waltonian 

 lions. The ladies came in parties, and of all nations, to 

 witness the pecke d, la mouche artificielle, screaming with 

 delight when a good fish was landed, and begging to be 

 allowed to try the experiment of throwing a fly themselves, 

 much to the danger and damage of our rods and tackle. In 

 fact, we had achieved too great notoriety, and, like many 

 other great men, were fast becoming victims to our own 

 ambition. 



We could not move on any part of the banks of the river 

 during the day-time without hosts of followers, some to 

 admire, and others to envy ; and the fishermen who had lost 



