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once caught which weighed sixty pounds. The Sand- 

 dola Elv, which runs into the Namsen, is a good river 

 for salmon. 



Good ryper, capercaillie, and black-game shooting, 

 may be had in this amt. Here, also, are numerous 

 herds of reindeer and many bears. An encampment 

 of Lapps may sometimes be met with in this amt. 



NORDLAND. 



Comparatively speaking, but little is known of the 

 fishing in this amt. It is said to contain many excel- 

 lent rivers, but owing to the scarcity of roads, and the 

 extensive forests, it is almost a terra incognita. 



The Beiren Elv is a small but good river, in the 

 neighbourhood of Bodo, a town on the coast of Nor- 

 land. The steamer from Throndjem stops at Bodo ; 

 and the Loffoden Islands may be visited from thence. 



The shooting in this amt is very poor. There are 

 plenty of bears, but they keep in the recesses of the 

 forest, and very seldom venture forth. 



FINMARK. 



This is the most northern amt in Norway, and is 

 better known to English people by the name of Nor- 

 wegian Lapland. 



The Alten Elv. This noted salmon-river was visited 

 a year or two ago by the Duke of Edinburgh, accom- 

 panied by the Duke of Roxburgh, to whom it afforded 

 some excellent sport. The Alten falls into the fjord 

 of the same name. A Norwegian friend, who resides 

 in Finmark, informs me that he has caught salmon 

 weighing forty pounds in this river, which has about 



