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nice Trout, two of them about three-quarters of a 

 pound, or between that and a pound, and two about 

 half a pound each. They gave capital sport, especially 

 one of the smaller ones, which I hooked in the bridge 

 pool and which kept boring up the stream under the 

 bridge. Ole had one of his about a pound and a half. 

 The wind was very strong and blowing across the stream 

 at the mouth of the river, the sky dark and thundery, but 

 the water much warmer. We were told that fishing 

 in the lake is now prohibited by the peasants, as in- 

 terfering with the netting ; but next day we learnt that 

 this was all nonsense. 



July 14. 



Friday, the 14th of July, was a dull, rainy-looking day. 

 The river was low. In the morning I caught a couple of 

 small Trout, and in the evening I caught one about 

 a pound and Ole two, each 2^1bs. or thereabouts. 



We heard to-day that the road is now crammed with 

 ' travelling critters ' — one hundred and fifty Enghsh land- 

 ing at Christiania from one steamer — so that it is just as 

 well that we had made arrangements for horses all the 

 way from here to Gjovik. 



I bought two carved spoons with very pretty patterns. 

 Silver articles — a snuff-box and two rings — were offered 

 us for eleven dollars, but we declined, though Ole says the 

 rings are now very rare and were cheap. 



An old monument at the church gate was erected by 

 King Hacon in the year a.d. 980, in memory of the 

 death of Geislur, who went with the king to fight 

 at Throndheim and was killed, having been mistaken for 

 the king himself. The stone is a large sheet of slate 

 with curious carving near the bottom. The church here 

 (parish church of Vang) occupies the place of the ancient 

 one sold to the King of Prussia, which is said by Murray 

 to have stood near Loerdalsoren ! 



