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ring of wood and meadow-land as luxuriantl 
green as one could ever hope to see. 
The Benedictines built an abbey up here iij 
1093, and it still remains, together with a littl 
hotel and a very small post office both unde 
their care. These are the only signs of habi 
tation. Perhaps we have here a slight reaso 
for the luxuriant produce, for the monks hav 
farmed it for generations. 
Lucky the angler who can snatch a few day 
up here with the whole lake to himself. H 
need never fear disturbance. Even as we sit b 
the water’s edge we here nothing but the souni 
of the hayrakes, as the monks in their lonp 
black habits, with black straw mushroom hat 
hanging from the shoulders, work with a vigo 
of those whose only pay is a good harvest’ 
When they shoulder their rakes and return t< 
the monastery we seem to be drawn there witl 
them, and while they chant their dull and mo 
notonous “office” we wander up and down th 
old cloisters and feel thankful we are freer thai 
they. Their wonderful library and gardens ar< 
closed to us, and we must be content merel; 
with the description brought by the male visito 
who cares to go there. 
But to get to the fish and the fishing, Mari; 
Laach is the only one of the five lakes in th< 
system that contains no trout, but it is cele 
brated for its pike ( Hecht ). The perch are saic 
to be plentiful, but prejudice probably prevent 
them being eaten, and consequently are know! 
to all who have ever heard of the lake, for doe 
not the Hotel Maria Laach make a specialty o 
this fish. And now for his capture. From th< 
shore live-baiting and from a boat trolling 01 
spinning are the methods employed by anglers 
though the hotel employees are said to use net: 
(seine) in the shallower parts near the sides 
Live-bait (roach, dace, gudgeon, etc.) are nexi 
to impossible to obtain, as they do not live ii 
the metallic water of the lake, and a natural in, 
difference to such paltry work prevents the 
local residents from getting them for sale. 
Still they are to be obtained in a pretty strearr 
some few miles away (the Nette), and are 
readily taken by the voracious denizens of the 
crater. Trolling and spinning are by far the. 
best methods, however, as the enormous depth 
of the lake prevents anchoring any great dis¬ 
tance from the sides, and, indeed, where-a fixed 
position is found necessary it is obtained by a 
“killick” or hunk of stone with a hole through 
it in lieu of a grapnel, as the uneven nature of 
the sides of the crater would lead to the loss 
or breaking of any ordinary fluke or tooth. It 
is not impossible, of course, to live-bait for the, 
pike in deep water, but the depth at which the, 
fish swim render a slider float essential. The 
stories of monster fish are legion, and probably 
aprocryphal, as there seems so little food in the 
water, but fish of 12 pounds to 15 pounds are 
abundant. It is not every one who appreciates, 
pike, even from English waters, and it is not 
every one who appreciates German cooking; but 
a fish that contains a strong mineral, not to 
say metallic, flavor truly requires a palate edu¬ 
cated up to it. Still the flesh is flaky and fairly 
white, though occasionally tinged with a faint 
blue. 
The lake is indeed beautiful, it is almost im¬ 
possible to take one’s eyes from it; every aspect 
only adds more to our wonder. The perfect 
circle, with its intensity of color, and. above all, 
the knowledge of its awful depth are subjects 
for profound meditation. A forest of beech 
trees, with a courage born of centuries, lias in¬ 
vaded tlie north side of the volcano to the 
water’s edge. This will never be the case on 
the south side. There is too much to be over¬ 
come in the way of lava -and rocks. How Hum¬ 
boldt loved this spot may be seen in his 
Cosmos. He seems unable to leave it; and 
though he was acquainted with other and 
greater wonders, he is loth to compare any¬ 
thing with it. As to the §jze of Laach, I can 
only quote the German inexplicit way of meas¬ 
urement. The actual lake is, according to their 
quaint expression, two hours round and half 
an hour across; the latter presumably by row¬ 
ing boat. Its depth in its deepest fathomable 
part is about 180 feet, but in the center it is, 
horrible thought! reputed unfathomable. The 
