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but two rivers, or, rather, portions of the Evanger and 

 the Forde, both small fisheries, upon which any profit that 

 could be made must be small. 



In taking a river of a lessee, I should never think of 

 asking him the rent he pays, for I consider that no business 

 of mine ; I take or leave it, and, if the former, there but 

 remains fof me to pay the rent, and fish it or not, as I 

 may determine, and when my tenancy has expired, the^' 

 contract is completed. Upon the present occasion, how- 

 ever, Mr. Beyer volunteered the information, which was 

 accidentally corroborated during my tenancy, that the 

 rent he asks is identical with that he pays for the water, 

 plus a small sum which covers the amount of expendi- 

 ture necessary to provide boats and maintain them 

 in repair ; he, however, reserves a few days at the com- 

 mencement of the season, and all the Sundays, to 

 himself, thus taking out in angling a profit of about 

 ten or twelve per cent., according to my calculations, 

 and, as he remarked to me, I do not consider that 

 excessive, considering the trouble and risk in obtaining 

 tenants. 



As a general rule, in Norway the Sunday commences 



at 6 p.m. on Saturday, and ends at 6 p.m. on Sunday, 



during which period it is iiot the custom to fish ; but in 



this district the observance of the Sabbath is not kept by 



the natives as regards angling. 



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