256 Angling Travels in Norway. 



aud for augliug purposes this is divided into three and 

 a half beats, the three lower beats being of about seven 

 miles each, and the Storjord, or top beat, consists of about 

 three and a half miles, with which goes about three or 

 more miles of the Junkerdal river, to which the Salten 

 changes its name at Storjord. 



Fashions in ladies' dress even penetrate Saltdalen, for 

 the little piye who drove our cart sported a dress of a 

 shade of heliotrope, which I believe was the fashion in 

 England not so long ago, and more remarkable still 

 were the sleeves of her bodice (or blouse, I believe, is 

 now the coiTect term), which were puffed out from 

 shoulder to elbow in quite the up-to-date pattern. 

 Fashion truly appears to travel faster than most things 

 to Saltdalen. 



As we were packing up our traps the inevitable old 

 man of the hamlet turned up and indulged in the usual 

 idiotic remarks, and, what was a greater nuisance, a letter 

 from Landsman Norman to say that the Forstassistent 

 at Storjord regretted his inability to entertain us before 

 Saturday, two days hence, as in the mean while he 

 expected a visit from the Finance Minister of Sweden. 



This rather upset our arrangements. However, we 

 decided to proceed to Berghiilnses, four miles short of 

 Storjord, and take our chance of quarters there. 



The country does not run to carrioles, so we engaged 



