218 THE NATURALIST IN NORWAY. 



Oieren. In this inland lake, at times, there is also 

 some good wild-duck shooting, as well as snipes. 

 Good woodcock shooting may be had near Christiania, 

 but there are no ryper, elk, or reindeer. 



THE SOUTH OP NORWAY. 



The fishing in the south of Norway is not to be 

 compared with that in the north. 



The Torrisdals Ely, which runs into the sea near 

 Christiansand, contains some good salmon. The same 

 may be said of the Mandals Elv. The Logen, near 

 Laurvig, is the best salmon-river in the south of Nor- 

 way. Some good fishing may be had in some of the 

 rivers between the towns of Mandal and Stavanger. 



The shooting in the south of Norway is very indif- 

 ferent. Black game may occasionally be had, and an 

 English friend, who was staying for a time at Chris- 

 tiansand in his yacht, informed me that he had had 

 good sport in the vicinity with the "brown bird/' 

 The expression was somewhat indefinite ; perhaps he 

 meant the hjerpe. 



THELEMARKEN. 



There are some good salmon-rivers in this beautiful 

 district, and trout are plentiful in the lakes. Barnard, 

 in his ' Sport in Norway/ says, " The river running 

 into the lake (Bandags Yand) here is a magnificent 

 trout-stream, and has some pools which an ardent 

 fisherman will rejoice to wet his line in. ^ery large 

 trout can be taken, and those fond of spinning will 

 find good sport by rowing to and fro across the mouth 

 of the river where it debouches into the lake." 



The rak-oret, mentioned before, is mostly made from 



