24 SPORT IN NORWAY. 
Properties owning the fishing are Vernes Preestegaard, 
Hove, and Ofsti near the mouth. The inhabitants fish 
a good deal themselves, both with rod and net. 
The next river of any importance is Vmrpats Ey, a 
short distance to the north of Levanger, between which 
place and Throndhjem there is steam communication. 
Salmon go up to Vuku, where the road to Stockholm, 
running through the beautiful and well-cultivated val- 
ley of Veerdal, crosses it. Here it commences to be 
precipitous. The best time for fishing in this river is 
early in July. It is about thirty miles distant from 
Helle, mentioned above. 
The best fishing is high up in the river. The trout- 
fishing is said to be very good in this river. 
About twenty-five or twenty-six miles to the north 
is the famous Stenkjer, where the river from Snaasen 
Vand empties itself into the Throndhjem Fjord. The 
scenery in this neighbourhood is surpassingly beautiful ; 
and as the fishing is also first-rate, it cannot be too 
highly recommended to the notice of sportsmen. There 
is a good station at Stenkjer; and here the fishing is 
excellent. 
The right of fishing on this river belongs to a Fru 
Gram, owner of a property named By, with the ex- 
ception of the last mile and a half, which belongs 
to Hegge Gaard. The portion of the river between 
Fossum Vand and the lake above, though short, is 
