CHAPTER V. 



RIVERS. 



The ways and means by which Norwegian rivers obtain 

 their supplies have such variety that it is but natural that 

 the inland fisheries of the country should differ to a 

 considerable extent with one another, and to a yet greater 

 degree as compared with those of a less unconventional 

 country such as Great Britain. 



In this and other chapters, be it understood, I summon 

 the aid of comparison, not for purpose of disparagement 

 or praise, but in the endeavour to enable the reader, by 

 the assistance of a familiar scene, to realize a country of 

 which he is personally ignorant. 



Norway contains rivers of all sizes, some glacier-fed, 

 some snow-fed, and others with watersheds of such little 

 altitude that after the first break-up of winter they are 

 entirely dependent upon rainfall for supply. 



The largest, such as the Tana and Namsen, are bigger 

 than any river in the British Isles ; the medium-size rivers 



