CHAPTER XIT. 



TROLLHATTAN TROLL AND ALFVOR STARKOTTER SKRADDARE-KLINT 

 SLUICES IRON-BRIDGE STALLBACKA SILFVER-LAX SVEN's GALLANTRY 

 MAGNUS TROUT FISHING SALMON FISHING DANGER AKERSTROM 

 LILLA EDET ANECDOTE. 



To relieve the monotony of always fishing at home, I 

 at times made excursions to Trollhattan, mentioned in my 

 former work, which was about seven or eight miles distant. 

 To say nothing of the chances of sport, the magnificence of 

 the falls and the surrounding scenery, which one could never 

 tire with looking on, were of themselves inducements enough 

 for the trip. 



The very name of Trollhattan has, moreover, its own 

 romance; for by the ancient Northmen it was assigned as 

 the abode of the descendants of the Troll and the Alfvor, 

 beings much more wicked than other men. 



The traditions connected with Trollhattan are innu- 

 merable. 



Here, on the Klipp-holmar, champions in heathen 



