CH.IV.] STREAMS NEAR GENEVA—VERSOIX. 65 
this dodge, unless driven to extremity, when it 
surely may be permissible. One calm bright day, 
when the water was very clear, I had been whip- 
ping a loch in Argyleshire with scarce any suc- 
cess, when I happened to see something depend- 
ing from the brim of my wide-awake. On taking 
it off, I discovered that the object was a white 
caterpillar, and, remembering this dodge, immedi- 
ately availed myself of his volunteered services, 
by tailing my fly with him, the result being a 
good sea-trout the very first cast. 
Having casually alluded to Geneva, I may 
mention that there are two good fishing-streams 
within reach of it. One, the Versoix, rising in 
the slopes of the Jura, and flowing into the 
Lake about seven miles above Geneva, is a charm- 
ing bright, lively stream, running through very 
pretty scenery, rather wooded in some places, but 
in others fairly open and easy to fish. Though 
Trout are not very abundant in it, yet they are 
some of the most beautiful, as well as the best 
for the table, that I ever came across. They run 
occasionally up to two or three pounds,—a miller 
indeed caught one of between six and seven pounds 
in his mill-tail—and enough can generally be met 
with to make it quite worth while to try for them. 
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