158 A SPRING AND SUMMER IN LAPLAND. 



of 5 lb. or a trout of 10 lb. in these rapids will give 

 some play. I have seen charr rising here at the 

 stone-fly as well as trout. 



According to Mr. Lloyd, the salmon neither 

 take bait or fly well in any of the Bothnian rivers. 

 He adds : — " It is a curious fact that these salmon 

 will not rise at the fly, and one worthy the atten- 

 tion of naturalists. The only attempted solution 

 I ever heard is that these fish may not be the 

 genuine Salmo salar, but a huge trout resembling 

 it in appearance." 



In journeying up from Stockholm to Tornea, 

 I counted upwards of one hundred rivers. Many 

 of them, as the Dal, the Umea, the Calis, the 

 Tornea, of great magnitude, and some navigable 

 to a considerable distance into the interior. This 

 deluge of waters, considering that the country 

 whence they take their rise is of no great extent, 

 always puzzles the Scandinavian adventurer. 



I have always heard that the best salmon 

 rivers are on the north and west coasts of Norway, 

 but for trout, grayling, and charr I fancy almost 

 any Lap stream or fell lake is as good as another. 



The .Quickiock waters contain fewer varieties 

 of fish than any which I know, and, strange to 

 say, not one single species of the genus Gyprinus 

 is met with here. This I attribute to the clear- 

 ness of the water, and the total absence of all 



