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before the people come up to the seters, an un- 
commonly good chance of getting hold of a bear might 
be had. It is rather stiffish walkmg on the mountain- 
sides above Tonjums Dal, but the ground is very 
favourable for seeing bears. . 
SourH Brercennuvs Amr. 
This Amt is bordered on the south by Stavanger Amt ; 
on the east by Bratsberg and Buskeruds Amt; and on 
the west by the sea. It contains 141 square miles, 
and is divided into two Fogderies, Séndhordland and 
Hardanger, Nordhordland and Voss. On the east it is 
separated from Hallingdal and Nummedal by a chain of 
mountains, Langfjelde, which in places attain an alti- 
tude of 5,400 feet above the sea. 
The magnificent Hardanger Fjord intersects this Amt 
from south-west to north-east, the scenery of which is 
perhaps the grandest and wildest in the whole country 
(vide Murray’s ‘Handbook,’ p. 178; Bennett’s ditto, 
pp. 25, 26); and as there is weekly steam commu- 
nication with Bergen, a passage of but a few hours, 
its beauties may readily be explored, 
The fishing in this Amt is by no means unimportant 
In the extreme south there is a small river called Erne 
Etv, which can be tried; and there is a likely-looking 
stream running out into a fjord at Fjere, a few miles to 
the north-east. But neither of these is of much 
im portance. 
