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SALMON FISHING.
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similar to those in the valley of the Driva, mentioned
by Professor Forbes, but more extensive and decided.
The rich verdure of the Guldbrandsdal prevails over
the greater part of the country through which I have
walked to-day, and the fields are carpeted with sweet
flowers as those of yesterday. I little expected to find
this element of beauty so generally prevalent here in
the far north.
On arriving at Soknaes station, I was surrounded
by a group of inquirers, who, on ascertaining that I
am an Englishman, told me that two Englishmen arc
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residing here ; one of whom came forward and invited
me to his room. He is a devoted angler from Oxford,
who has spent several summers in Norway, and is
well acquainted with the language and the country.
He and a friend had rough apartments here, the rental
of which included the privilege of angling in the river.
Before coming to Norway I was under the impression
that any one might cast a line where lie pleased in
the rivers of so wild and primitive a country, but this
is not the case; the Englishman’s insatiable desire to
kill something that can struggle, or is difficult to get
at, has brought all the great rivers of Norway into the
market: not excepting those within the arctic circle.
They are rented by English anglers, sometimes 011 long
leases ; and for the best portions of the most celebrated
rivers, considerable sums are paid; the usual stipulation
being that the angler, besides paying the rent, shall
give all the fish he catches, beyond those required for
his own consumption, to the farmer.
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