Vadsaeth and Svardal. 



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lake, but the going was excessively bad, as the rocks were 

 steep and their surface extremely slippery ; and I found 

 it best to dispense with boots, for in many places a slip 

 would have entailed a ducking. 



Johann now proposed that we should try a small river 

 about six miles away in the fjelds, which, he said, con- 



SVABDAL FJELDS. 



tained trout of a length equal to a pound or so in 

 weight. 



We completed a stiff climb under a very hot sun, and 

 found ourselves among the Svardal sseters and a couple 

 of streams which sheltered a lot of small trout, running 

 about four to the pound, and not until then did Johann 

 admit that he had not previously visited the sseters, and 



