CHAPTER VII. 



ON THE FISH PECULIAR TO THESE WATERS, THE 

 REPTILES, AND THE INSECTS OF LAPLAND. 



To the angler and ichthyologist I will now say a 

 few words, although, while staying in this locality, 

 I had but little time to devote to the " gentle art." 

 I had some tackle with me, but notwithstanding 

 I now and then took a cast, I never Idlled a single 

 fish, for I had no fly tackle ; and the fish in the 

 Quickiock rivers would not look at the artificial 

 bait, although I tried one of Alfred Gould's most 

 life-like imitations, which never yet failed in the 

 Wermland waters. I attribute this much to the 

 clearness and shallowness of the water in the 

 Tarra river, and there being no real good streams 

 or eddies. There was certainly a magnificent 

 trout stream running down from the fells to the 

 Quickiock river, which came dashing and tumbling 

 over the rocky bottom, full of streams and pools ; 

 and doubtless the fly would answer here ; and I 

 have seen the little fell lakes literally alive with 

 the fish rising at the evening flies. To fish these 

 little lakes properly, I should say that one of 



