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Tackle for Norway. 107 



A stout waterproof coat, reaching down to the ankles, 

 should be included in the kit, for the rain often comes 

 down incessantly, or in very heavy showers, and in 

 this mountainous country, where the drops fall as large 

 as a sixpence, one can be wetted through within ten 

 minutes. India-rubber waterproofs are lighter than oil- 

 skins, but they are not so serviceable, as they tear more 

 easily. I prefer oilskins for rough work, and one can 

 use them as tarpaulins upon occasion without harming 

 them. 



Perhaps the best system of waterproof clothing, 

 especially for boat-work, is a skirt to buckle round the 

 waist, and to reach, down to the ankle, and a coat to 

 reach down to the knees, the whole surmounted with a 

 sou'-wester, or felt hat sufficiently wide of brim when 

 turned down to conduct the wet clear of the coat- 

 collar ; and the coat comes in handy for use with 

 waders. 



Even during the summer months all descriptions of 

 weather may be encountered in Norway, and it would 

 be most unwise not to include in the kit warm winter- 

 clothing. 



The valleys are frequently confined by ranges of hills 

 or mountains several thousand feet high, and whatever 

 may be the direction of the wind aloft, its influence 

 is such that upon the level of the river the current of 



