CHAPTER XIV. 



UPON RENTING AND LETTING SALMON RIVERS. 



Letters appear from time to time in the public press 

 from anglers who, for some reason or another, are dis- 

 satisfied with the sport they have obtained as lessees 

 or sub-lessees of Norwegian salmon rivers, and who con- 

 vey the idea that they have been misled from the outset 

 as to the worth of the fishery, and have in consequence 

 been induced to pay far too high a rent. Under these 

 circumstances the lessor or sub-lessor, if he be a Nor- 

 wegian, is generally styled an " agent," or a " middleman," 

 with whom, in future transactions, the complainant advises 

 the angling public to deal with extreme caution, and 

 generally concludes with some well-intended advice of 

 more or less value. 



It is somewhat interesting to note that, when nego- 

 tiating for the fishery, the angler was pleased to avail 

 himself of the services of the so-called "agent" or 

 " middleman," so it is to be presumed that at that time 



