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we have forgotten our angling, and have lost 

 &ome moments of fine cloudy weather. 



HAL. I thought you were tired of catch- 

 ing trouts and graylings, and I therefore did 

 not urge you to continue your fly fishing; 

 and this part of the river does not contain 

 so many grayling as the pools above but 

 there are good trout, and it is possible there 

 may be huchos. Let me recommend to you 

 to put on minnow tackle that tackle with 

 the fine small hooks ; and, as we have min- 

 nows and bleaks, you may perhaps hook 

 trout, or even huchos ; and in half an hour 

 our fish dinner at the inn will be ready. I 

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

 and shall expect you there 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 



