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of our fish were ornamented with sea-lice, yet these 

 parasites are not very numerous upon fish which have 

 ascended thirty or more miles of fjord, and I imagine 

 they become detached as the water becomes less salt 

 towards the top of these inland arms of the sea. 



The grilse run from 4 lbs. to 6 lbs. and the first we 

 killed upon July 25th, the larger ones being frequently 

 marked by nets. Upon several occasions I witnessed 

 what was to me a novelty, viz. salmon running up in 

 bright sunshine during the midday hours. 



They travelled two or three together, at a pace of 

 about two miles an hour, and as they traversed the 

 gravelly shallows, I could trace their movements for a 

 considerable distance. 



I also frequently observed fish jumping upon the 

 stream tops after having negotiated the rapid water 

 below, and fish lying in pools would jump with a slight 

 rise of water; otherwise, those settled down rarely showed 

 themselves. At this I was not surprised, for in most 

 rivers of my acquaintance the fish which have been for 

 some days in the pool are those which mostly "put up," 

 but here the fish merely took short rests en passant. 



Upon July 16, the SUrna was dead low, so to fill 

 up time we went by road and boat to Boeverdal, situated 

 upon the far side of a promontory to the north of 

 SUrendalsoren. The river there drains a considerable 



