250 SALMON1A. 



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 pos- 

 sible 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 this 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 char 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 which will be fried. 



PHYS. I think, in this part of the conti- 

 nent, the art of carrying and keeping fish is 

 better understood than in England. Every 

 inn has a box containing grayling, trout, 

 carp, or char, into which water from a spring 



