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anglers who have tried it ; but I do not think 

 they took more fish in a day than I have 

 sometimes taken in Scotland and Ireland. 

 All the Norwegian rivers, that I tried, (and 

 they were all in the south of Norway,) con- 

 tained salmon. I fished in the Glommen, 

 one of the largest rivers in Europe; in the 

 Mandals, which appeared to me the best 

 fitted for taking salmon ; the Avendal and 

 the Torrisdale; — but, though I saw salmon 

 rise in all these rivers, I never took any fish 

 larger than a sea trout ; of these I always 

 took many — and even in the fiords, or small 

 inland salt-water bays; but I think never 

 any one more than a pound. It is true, I 

 was in Norway in the beginning of July, 

 and in exceedingly bright weather, and 

 when there was no night ; for even at twelve 

 o'clock the sky was so bright, that I read 

 the smallest print in the columns of a news- 

 paper. I was in Sweden later — in August: 

 I fished in the magnificent Gotha, below 

 that grand fall Trolhetta, which to see is 

 worth a voyage from England; but J never 

 raised there any fish worth taking: yet a 



