34 ANGLERS' EVENINGS. 



half a pound. This river is very large and seems to be 

 well filled with fish, but my only experience of it is the 

 few hours I have spoken of. A friend who has stayed 

 three days at Frydenlund, tells me that he always did well 

 in the river, getting, with smaller fish, a fair proportion of 

 one and two pounders. 



This evening's fishing was the last I had, and from 

 what I have seen, it is, I should say, the last good fishing 

 on the Fille Fjeld route; the character of the scenery after 

 this entirely changes ; you have no more high precipitous 

 rocks, roaring streams, or brilliant falls, the valleys widen 

 out until they are miles across, the hills become lower, the 

 streams gentler. There is plenty of water, but though I 

 tried the river at several places, I got only small fry, and 

 as fish of a similar size is brought to table, I think there 

 are not many large ones to be had. 



The journey is not yet over, but its interest is in great 

 measure gone. The country we have to pass through 

 for the rest, though beautiful enough, is not to be com- 

 pared to what we have already seen ; and, therefore, 

 with all speed we may urge on to Christiania. There is 

 a choice of several routes, each full of attractions. Those 

 I have taken are, first one by the Mjosen Lake, and on 

 the second journey by another lake, the Randsfiord. 



I was singularly fortunate in the time chosen for my 

 journeys. On the first occasion, I arrived in Christiania 

 on the day of the festival of the unification of the kingdom 

 by Harold Harfaager, a thousand years ago. All the town 

 was decorated with flags and banners, all work suspended, 

 all the people in the streets, and at night a display of 



