68 SPORT IN NORWAY. 
mere tourist in search of the picturesque will find a 
light trout-rod an excellent accompaniment. Only, 
verbum sap., when he catches his trout, let him, unless 
he has a very powerful stomach, superintend the 
cooking of them himself. 
The Maan Ety, flowing from the Mjés Vand into 
Tin Soen, is a good river. On this, and nearer to 
Mjés Vand, is the famous Riukan Foss. 
Near Hitterdal, famous for its quaint ship-like 
church, good trout-fishing may be had. 
I have mentioned but few of the lakes and rivers 
in this province; but those I have named are the 
most accessible, and are generally considered the richest 
in fish. (For routes to Thelemarken, wide Murray, 
p- 195, and Bennett’s ‘ Handbook,’ p. 28.) 
The shooting over the whole of this Amt is generally 
good. The neighbourhood of Strengen abounds with 
hares, snipe, and black game. Ryper are plentiful on 
all the fjelds. Reindeer are numerous on the fjelds 
about Tinds, Vinge, and Moe (a few miles west of 
Dalen), and in the northern parts of Ovre Thele- 
marken. 
The magnificent Gausta Fjeld, the highest mountain 
in the south of Norway (6000 feet), is never without 
a good sprinkling of rein. 
Bears are numerous throughout the province; the 
average number killed being 3311 per annum; and I 
