80 SPORT IN NORWAY. 
Of the other rivers in this Amt I know nothing, and 
will not, therefore, hazard any information. 
The general shooting in this Amt is first-rate. For 
elk deer, Osterdalen, Rendalen, and Solér are the best 
districts in the whole of Norway, and will be more 
especially alluded to in the chapter on elk-hunting. 
The mountain plateau between Rendalen and Trysil 
frequently abounds with reindeer. The lofty Sdlen 
Fjeld, midway between the two, is seldom, if ever, 
without them. A short distance from here there is 
a most comfortable and convenient ster. Capercalzie 
are numerous in all the forests, and hjerper are ex- 
tremely abundant. Good ryper-shooting may be had 
near Roraas, Tolgen and Trysil. Stor Elvedalen will 
be found an exceedingly good place for the sportsman, 
and comfortable quarters may be had. . 
Shot guns are never used by the peasants in Oster- 
dalen or Rendalen, so that for this reason better 
shooting may be had. Kongsvinger and its neighbour- 
hood will afford good sport, and is within easy distance 
on the new branch of railway from the capital. 
‘¢Tn the autumn of 1859,” a friend writes me word, 
‘“‘T made an exploring expedition through the forest 
country between the valleys of the Glommen and the 
Klar, and then into Sweden towards Dal Elv. This 
country lies to the north of that mentioned by Lloyd, 
and the greater portion of it had never before, I believe, 
