TEOUT riSHi:N'G IN I^OEWAY. 



BY ABEL HEYWOOD, JUNR. 



Part L— BERGEN TO LyERDAL. 



TEAMERS sail from Hull for Christiania, 

 calling at Christiansand, every week, and for 

 Bergen, calling at Stavanger, every fortnight. 

 On the two occasions when I have visited the countiy I 

 have made Bergen my port of debarcation, for two or three 

 reasons. The first is, that the best fishing and most beautiful 

 rivers are on the western side of the country, and I, like 

 most anglers, am always anxious to use my rod as soon 

 as possible; another, that when you have only a trifle 

 over a fortnight at command, as was my case, you gain 

 a day by sailing to the latter place, as the Christiania boat 

 sails on Friday, and the Bergen on Thursday. A final 

 reason is, that should you by any accident get delayed on 

 your journey across the country from the west, it cannot 

 be a worse affair than the loss of a week, whilst, in the 

 other case, it may be that you will be delayed a* fortnight. 

 We sail generally at from six to seven o'clock in 

 the evening, and if the weather be very calm, as I have 

 seen it, we may on the following day, as we pass over 



