i6o Angling Travels in Norway. 



tract of country, but is nigh worthless for salmon angling, 

 as its gradient is so steep that it quickly runs down, 

 leaving mere trout pools, and to make matters worse 

 the river frequently divides into two or more channels. 



Upon our return to Surendal, the river was dead low, 

 so upon July 19 we set out for Interdalen, which we 

 reached in the evening, after a fifteen-mile drive to the 

 fjord, which we rowed across, then drove about twenty 

 miles, and concluded with a two-mile walk from Noerdal 

 by a rough footway to our destination, our kit being 

 transported by pack-horse. 



Roughly speaking, Interdalen is situated between 

 Surendal and Sundal, and the approach from the latter 

 direction is far the shorter of the two. 



For the last fifteen or twenty miles of our journey a 

 huge pepperbox-shaped mountain of rock had stared 

 us in the face, one of those exasperating beacons which 

 appear to sheer further off the nearer you approach them, 

 as if to show their contempt for the puny means of 

 transport which in their country are at man's command. 



At the foot of this rocky hill was situated our 

 destination — an inn, recently built by the proprietor 

 with the assistance of the Norwegian Tourist Club. 



At Noerdal we had been informed that two parties of 

 tourists had preceded us, so we were not surprised to 

 find the inn fully occupied, and ourselves left with the 



