CHAPTER VII. 



THE LAKES OF NORWAY. 



The lakes of Norway are of all sorta and sizes, varying 

 from the little basin at the base of small undulations in the 

 fjelds to large expanses of water several miles in length, 

 fed by rivers or streams supplied by snow or glacier-clad 

 mountains. 



In many parts of the country there are chains of lakes 

 connected by links of river which would require years, to 

 thoroughly explore. As a rule, they teem with many 

 varieties of Salmonidse, including salmon, sea-trout, bull- 

 trout, brown and yellow trout, char, and hybrids of these 

 species; and when to this list are added land-locked 

 specimens of the migratory Salmonidae, it is apparent that 

 an extensive and interesting field is open to the angler and 

 ichthyologist. 



Many lakes are let in conjunction with adjacent rivers, 

 while the majority are open to anglers, and, whether open 

 or not, leave to fish them can mostly be obtained by the 



