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shall return there, to see that all is right, and shall 

 expect you when you have finished your fishing. 



[They all meet in the dining-room of the inn.] 



HAL. Well, what sort of sport have you had since 

 I left you ? 



POIET. We have each caught a trout and two large 

 chubs, and have had two or three runs besides but 

 we saw no huchos ; and though several large grayling 

 rose in one of the streams, and we tried to catch them 

 by spinning the minnow in every possible way, yet 

 they took no notice of our bait. 



HAL. This is usually the case. I have heard of 

 anglers who have taken grayling with minnows, but 

 it is a rare occurrence, and never happened to me. 

 Your dinner, I dare say, is now ready ; and you 

 know it is a dinner entirely of the genus salmo, with 

 vegetables and fruit. You have hucho from the 

 Traun, and charr from Aussee, and trout from the 

 Traun See, that were brought alive to the inn, and 

 have only just been killed and crimped, and are now 

 boiling in salt and water ; and you have likewise 

 grayling and laverets from the Traun See, which are 

 equally fresh, and will be fried. 



PffTS. I think, in this part of the continent, 

 the art of carrying and keeping fish is better understood 

 than in England. Every inn has a box containing 



