16 SPORT IN NORWAY. 
The Maats Ety is a fine salmon river, south of 
Tromsoe. Its banks are thickly inhabited. I believe 
the greater part, if not all of it, to be engaged. 
Salmon run up thirty miles. The steamer stops at 
Maalsnes, at the mouth of the river. It is one of the 
best-cultivated districts in Finmark. 
' A few miles to the south of this there are two small 
rivers, running out into the Fjord opposite to Kloven, 
two stations short of Maalsnes. | 
The northern rivers are of course later than those 
in the south. I believe the best time for the Alten 
and the Tana is about the second week in July. 
“‘ A knowledge of the waters, which experience alone 
can give, is needful to insure success in the northern 
rivers, otherwise days are lost m fishing places where 
there are no fish. Early in the season the deep pools 
- below the fosses and rapids are best. Later on the fish 
take to the strongest streams, and m autumn lie above 
the largest falls and rapids. Here it requires nerve, 
good boatmen, and stout tackle. In such places, by a 
skilful stroke at the moment of hooking your fish, you 
may succeed in turning him up stream, otherwise you 
lose him to a certainty. It is hazardous work, and 
requires experience.” 
Game in Finmarken is principally confined to ryper, 
hares, and ducks. The reindeer, of which many will 
be seen, are for the most part tame, the property of the 
