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never yet been available will become so. Something like 

 this., in a smaller way, will also take place in Scotland, while 

 the English and Welsh rivers are slowly but surely looking 

 up, and will in time contribute their quota to the sport of the 

 country. 



" I am greatly in hopes that in time, much of the gold 

 that now fertilizes the hungry and greedy Norse peasant, 

 may be diverted into more legitimate channels. As regards 

 salmon-fishing in Norway, I would not advise any one to go 

 there upon spec., or he may be pretty sure to reap disappoint- 

 ment. It requires almost as much preliminary care and 

 caution, as does the taking of a grouse-shooting, to ensure a 

 good chance of sport. But if the tourist can be satisfied 

 with trout-fishing, that, he can have in wonderful perfection 

 and profusion. Towards the Swedish frontier it is abundant 

 and extraordinarily fine in fact, it is of itself worth coming 

 for, for many of the lakes and streams in the interior hardly 

 ever see a rod. The mosquitoes, etc., are, to be sure, rather 

 a drawback ; but f what can't be cured must be endured/ as 

 the old proverb has it. Shooting is very good, if you know 

 where to go for it. K. recommends some of the islands as 

 far north as Tromso. At Carlso he once killed forty brace 

 of ryper in the day to his own gun. 



' ' All sporting requisites the angler would do well to take 

 with him, but he need not trouble himself with comestible 

 stores. These he can get at Trondhjem, Bergen, or Chris- 

 tiania, quite as good as in England, and very nearly as 

 cheap indeed, carriage and all considered, they come quite 

 as cheap in the end. An interpreter is indispensable, but 

 I would advise all tourists to get together a few ordinary 

 phrases of course, the more the better. Trusting that my 

 brother anglers may be able to derive some small profit from 

 my experience, I, in conclusion, wish them better sport 

 than I had." 



