62 A RIVER OF NORWAY 



1899- July 2. A great many fish running. The run con- 

 tinued for two or three weeks. 



1900. June 13. A fish. 



15-19. Several fish. 

 July 1. Many fish. 



14. Ladder crowded with fish after heavy 

 rain. 



1901. June 5. A fish. 



23. Numerous fish after continued rain. 



1902. June 18. A large fish. 

 23. Several fish. 



This season there was never any quantity of 

 fish running, and it was reported to me that in 

 August and September there were very few in 

 the river. 



1903. June 23. Some fish. 

 July 4. A few fish. 



16. Ladder very full of fish a big run, which 

 lasted without intermission for a fortnight. 



This year, 1903, in pursuance of its character 

 of a very late and entirely abnormal year, 

 scarcely a fish was to be seen in the ladder 

 until the middle of July. On the 16th the 

 run began. There was no apparent cause. The 

 weather had been cold and the river was falling 

 slightly every day. Certainly the day itself 

 was fine and warmer, but the river was not yet 

 affected. Yet suddenly it was alive with fish. 

 In the course of the next few days thousands 



