22^ Angling Travels in Norway. 



than most Europeans, but I fail to see the necessity of 

 lauding him to the skies. 



The " steam-yacht " system is putting him in a terrible 

 fright, for it severely threatens to destroy the tourist 

 harvest, as its votaries spend little or no money in travel- 

 ling inland or at hotels, and " mine host " professes in- 

 ability to understand why preference is shown for the 

 system. 



I have taken pains to make them understand that 

 their inferior food and stuffy hotels, combined with the 

 extortion practised when possible by many with whom 

 the tourist is brought into contact, have created the yacht- 

 ing trips, and that they have only themselves to thank ; 

 while as regards angling visitors to the country, their native 

 greed for netting in the fjords and rivers is fast ruining 

 sport, and, as British anglers are tiring of getting a few 

 fish for big rents, the result will follow that Norway will 

 cease to derive benefit from British sportsmen and tourists, 

 and her people will revert to the ignorance and impecuni- 

 osity which are so peculiarly their own. 



In a country which, to a great extent, is comprised 

 of sea-coast, it is only natural that the fishing population 

 should be in a large majority, and a proof of this is to 

 be found in the repeal of the law passed three years ago, 

 providing an additional day of close-time per week for 

 netting salmon, etc., in the fjords and rivers, yet this law 



