SMAALEHNENES AMT. 85 
Bears are rarely met with in this amt, 12 of a bear 
being the average per annum. In severe winters, 
lynxes have been killed near Christiania. 
SMAALEHNENES AMT. 
This Amt is bounded on the north by Agershuus 
Amt; on the east by Sweden; and on the west and 
south by the sea and Sweden. 
It is very flat, and has extensive tracts of plain. In 
an agricultural point of view it is very important, as it 
contains more tillable land than any province in Nor- 
way. Its superficial area is 353 square miles. 
The Glommen river intersects it from north to 
south, and in its course through the northern part 
forms eighteen falls of no great height, and then flows 
tranquilly till it reaches Sarpsborg, where it forms the 
grand Sarpfoss, 320 feet above the sea. Salmon go up 
to this foss, but I have never heard of their taking 
the fly. 
In the neighbourhood of Frederickshald, memorable 
for the death of Charles XII., some fair salmon-fishing 
may be had in the Enninepats Env, flowing into Ide 
Fjord near Berby. Berby Gaard owns the fishing, 
where leave may probably be obtained. 
The shooting in this Amt is insignificant, neither 
rein, elk, nor ryper being found. Bears are seldom 
met with, and form an almost inappreciable average. 
