8 SPORT IN NORWAY. 
merfest to Vadso in the Varanger Fjord about three 
days. In all, therefore, about eighteen days and a 
half, at least ; and this may be considerably increased 
in stormy weather. 
Another route is by going to Christiania, and tra- 
velling by carriole across the Dovre to Throndhjem. 
And this part of the journey may thus be done in 
shorter time (and, moreover, give the traveller the 
opportunity of seeing Gudbrandsdal and the Dovre 
Fjeld) than by steamer northwards from Christiansand. 
Thus, it requires but one day from Christiansand to 
Christiania—usually seventeen hours—and the journey 
from hence to Throndhjem can be done comfortably 
in four days. 
Sportsmen bound for the northern rivers must bring 
tent and canteen with them all complete. A stock of 
provisions, tea, sugar, spirits, &c., had best be laid im 
either at Christiania or at Throndhjem. Musquito 
curtains will be found a luxury, and a veil and gloves 
are quite necessary for fishing. If the gloves, more- 
over, are too thin, they will not prove a sufficient 
protection. A friend of mine had the shape of the 
glove beautifully impressed upon his hand; for these 
plagues had stung it through every stitch. 
I will begin at the extreme north-east of this Amt. 
Jacos’s Env is on the Russian frontier, and runs 
into the mouth of the Varanger Fjord. It is an ex- 
