36 SPORT IN NORWAY. 
smiling and fertile valleys, lofty mountains, brawling 
cascades, and noble rivers, it presents to the tourist 
in search of the picturesque all that can be desired ; 
while the ample facilities of its rivers and fields offer to 
the sportsman abundant employment. ‘The valley of 
the Rauma is considered to be the most beautiful of 
the many beautiful valleys of Norway. Its noble 
mountains, with their alpine peaks, lend a charm to 
it which the tamer, though still lovely, aspect of 
Gudbrandsdal fails to impart. I doubt much whether 
any mountain pass in Switzerland can surpass it. 
Pages and pages might be written on it, and still 
signally fail to convey but a very feeble impression 
of what a personal inspection would produce. 
But as in writing these pages it has been my deter- 
mination not to be led astray by a love for the pictu- 
resque, but simply to confine myself to such facts as 
may be of use to the lover of sport, 1 must turn aside 
from such temptation, and endeavour to act up to my 
purpose. 
Romsdal Amt is bounded on the north and east by 
S. Throndhjem Amt; on the south by 8. Bergenhuus 
Amt; and on the west by the sea. It contaims 125 
sqnare miles, and is divided into three Fogderies— 
Sondmér in the south, Romsdal in the middle, and 
Nodmor in the north. 
If not pressed for time, the sportsman will do well 
