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to the foot of the Fos there is no question ; 

 although it seems that they were less nume- 

 rous and smaller than their descendants. It is 

 hardly likely that many would attempt to 

 spawn in the tideway. More probably they 

 returned to the fjord after an exhilarating fresh- 

 water bath below the foaming fall, and as- 

 cended some of the smaller streams which run 

 into it lower down. About the year 1834 

 Lieutenant Breton, R.N., made an extensive 

 tour in Norway, and published an account of 

 it, entitled "Scandinavian Sketches" (London, 

 1835). He was not an angler, but he is the 

 only one of the early travellers whom I find 

 to have visited this place. This is what he says 

 of it :- 



" I passed over to Ousen, the residence of 

 Mr. Rennord, a clergyman, who pressed me to 

 remain until the weather became more settled. 

 Having come upwards of one hundred miles by 

 water, and being almost cramped to death, his 

 invitation was accepted ; and nothing could 

 exceed his kindness and attention. He is the 

 only gentleman I met in Norway who has 

 not adopted the practice of smoking, which 

 he considers, and I coincide with him in opinion, 



