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that his information had consequently been derived from 

 hearsay alone. 



The Norwegian sseter consists of grass-land, and, 

 maybe, an acre or two under cultivation, and upon it 

 is constructed a small dwelling-house of rough make, 

 to shelter the farm hands who repair thither to graze the 

 cattle after the hay and grain harvests have been garnered 

 in the valley. 



Each sseter is generally provided with a shed for 

 storing hay, which is either left there, in case of emer- 

 gency, or, later on, sent down the valley on pack-horses, 

 or lowered by means of a fixed wire. 



The sseters are frequently many miles distant from 

 the villages to which they belong, and the milk is sent 

 down daily, or twice or thrice a week, according to 

 circumstances. 



Beyond the few provisions we had brought with us, 

 our food consisted of fish, eggs, bread and butter. Of meat 

 there was none, but had we prolonged our stay, we could 

 have procured a sheep from the fjelds. However, we did 

 well enough on this diet, assisted by the bottled beer we 

 had brought from Bergen. 



We remained at Svardal rather more than a week ; and 

 upon the last night, the farmers asked permission to net 

 the lake, in order to prove that it contained salmon, etc. 



Nets were put out over night at three likely angles of 



