i8o Angling Travels in Norway. 



We had been informed that our fishing station was 

 situated at the head of the fjord, and that there we 

 should find our quarters ; but here again our informa- 

 tion was at fault, for it appeared that an hour or two's 

 tramp over a broken and mountainous country lay yet 

 before us in order to reach Vadsseth Lake, which is 

 connected with Svardal Lake by the river we intended 

 to fish. 



We had one man remaining with us, a native of 

 Vadsseth, who was to be our attendant during our visit 

 to the district, and him we despatched in search of con- 

 veyances for our kit and supplies. After an hour's 

 absence in the direction of some farm buildings he returned, 

 with two ponies and sleighs, there being no other vehicles 

 in the district, for the simple reason that no carriage with 

 wheels would be of the slightest service over the country 

 we had to traverse. 



We secured our traps on the sleighs, and away we 

 went. How the packages survived the journey it is im- 

 possible to tell, for they flew about on the sleighs in all 

 directions, and, in the descent of the hill, were as frequently 

 before the ponies as behind them. 



After a hot tramp, we arrived close to the border of 

 Vadsaeth Lake, and our guide ofiered to procure us break- 

 fast at his house close by, which offer we gladly accepted, 

 for it was now past 9 a.m., and our previous meal had 



