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66 THROUGH NORWAY WITII A KNAPSACK.
This amuses the Norwegians mightily, fishing in
Norway being one of the vulgar occupations by which
men obtain a livelihood. Our laundresses would be
similarly amused if Chinese mandarins were to migrate
annually to England and pay large sums of money for
the privilege of turning their mangles.
I spent a pleasant evening with these anglers, who
gave me much information on many matters connected
with the social condition of the people. It appears that
fly-fishing was quite unknown in Norway until it was
introduced by English anglers, and that the Norwegians
are now trying to persuade themselves that there is
some fun in it; though, as this unusually candid angler
confessed, he has sometimes whipped the stream most
scientifically all day long, aided with every appliance
of gaudy-feathered flies and the most complicated tackle,
and has caught nothing; while a little boy, with a
common stick, a piece of string, and a hook little better
than a bent pin, has filled a basket.
The road now enters the Guldalen, or valley of the
Gula, the view down which is very beautiful. It is
a rich cultivated valley, the river winding through a
fine wooded plain, and round about green knolls and
mounds, that have a very complicated appearance seen
from above. On descending the valley, and walking
a few miles down it, the structure upon which this
peculiar appearance depends becomes evident.
There are two very distinct kinds of valleys
commonly met with in mountainous countries: one, the
long narrow ravine, a mere stone trough, formed by
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