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newspaper. I was in Sweden later, in August; 

 I fished in the magnificent Gotha, below that grand 

 fall Trolhetta, which to see is worth a voyage from 

 England, but I never raised there any fish worth 

 taking; yet a gentleman from Gothenburg told me 

 he had formerly taken large trout there. I caught, 

 in this noble stream, a little trout about as long as 

 my hand ; and the only fish I got to eat at Trolhetta 

 was bream. The Falkenstein, a darker water, very 

 like a second-rate Scotch river say the Don 

 abounds in salmon ; and there I had a very good 

 day's fishing. I took six fish, which gave me great 

 sport ; they were grilses, under 61bs. ; but I lost a 

 salmon, which I think was above lOlbs. This river, 

 I conceive, must be generally excellent; it is not 

 covered with saw-mills, like most of the Norwegian 

 rivers ; its colour is good, and it is not so clear as 

 the rivers of the south of Norway. 



PHYS. Do you think the saw-mills hurt the 

 fishing ? 



HAL. I do not doubt it. The immense quantity 

 of sawdust which floats in the water, and which forms 

 almost hills along the banks, must be poisonous to 

 the fish, by sometimes choking their gills, and 

 interfering with their respiration. I have never 

 fished for salmon in Germany. The Elbe and the 

 Weser, when I have seen them, were too foul for 



