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Angling Travels in Norway. 



Fins. — Dorsal, adipose, and pectoral, slate-colour. 



Ventral and anal, light slate to white. 

 Tail. — Forked, less so with age ; square when old ; 

 colour, slate. 



Previous to my acquaintance with the fjords, rivers, and 

 lakes of Norway, I had been given to understand that, 



Male, 15 lbs. 



GILL-COVERS (J LIFE-SIZE). 



broadly speaking, the salmon of the country was a gamer 

 fish to kill and less tasteful as food than his brethren 

 of the British Isles, but my own experience shows that 

 he is neither better nor worse in either respect; in fact. 



