CHAPTER IV. 



CLIMATE AND WEATHER. 



It is impossible to accurately forecast the meteorological 

 conditions of a Norwegian summer, for the clerk of the 

 weather makes arrangements with the same disregard for 

 the interests of anglers and agriculturists as he displays 

 in other parts of the world ; his sway is undeniable and 

 his reign supreme. * 



It is no use to kick against the pricks, no use to 

 grumble, and of no use to speculate how more pleasant 

 the time might be if we could arrange the order of events 

 more to our liking. 



The only practical system is that which provides 

 against all contingencies, and renders the helpless mortal 

 fit to face the foe. 



In the ordinary course of events, the Norwegian 

 summer, with broiling stm and cloudless sky, will take 

 the field ere the middle of June, and will more or less 

 hold the boards until the end of August, but there are 



