49 SPORT IN NORWAY. 
in passing the few traps on the river, they obtain 
complete safety in the deep waters of the lake: thus 
a larger number escape, year after year, than if they 
had to run the gauntlet of every trap~ between the 
mouth of the river and its source. Only a few pass 
through the lake and find their way into the river 
above. In 1860, 2569 Ibs. of salmon were taken here 
by one rod in thirty-nime days’ fishing, giving an 
average of nearly 66 lbs. per day. In the month of 
August the river abounds in sea-trout, and in some 
seasons the large lake-trout find their way into it. 
The scenery of this district is extremely grand. The 
valley is wider and more highly cultivated than Roms- 
dal, while the mountaims which enclose it are scarcely 
inferior in height. ‘‘ For its size,” writes my in- 
formant, “‘the lake is perhaps the finest in Europe, 
~ equalling in its whole extent the most romantic parts 
of the Lake of Lucerne.” 
Near Botten, on a branch of the Sundals Fjord, 
there is a small river running down from the Skaar 
Fyeld. It is best reached by carriole from Molde wa 
Hide, on the Fanne Fjord. 
Littepats Envy, a small river a little to the north- 
west of Sundals Elv, may at times, perhaps, be found 
to show sport. 
The Sunpats Ey rises on the Dovre Fjeld, near 
Drivstuen, and falls into the Sundals Fjord. At Aune, 
