262 Angling Travels in Norway. 



during winter they experience from 20 to 33 degrees 

 Fahrenheit of frost, with a metre of snow in the valleys ; 

 but there is no wind, or the place would be uninhabitable. 



As in all northern districts, here travelling is easier 

 in winter than in summer, for upon long, wooden 

 runners (ski) a man can reel off the twenty-four miles 

 to Rognan within four hours. There is also considerable 

 sleigh traffic during winter, and, amongst other com- 

 modities, large quantities of coffee are imported from 

 the nearest Swedish town, more than 150 miles distant, 

 which pays no duty, as the Government apparently 

 does not consider it worth while to incur the enormous 

 cost of maintaining Custom House officers along its 

 lengthy frontier. 



Of goats there are plenty, but the climate at the 

 head of the valley is too rigorous to encourage sheep- 

 breeding, although lower down the valley they are 

 bred and can be purchased of the farmers at about Kr.l3 

 a head. 



About Junkerdal wild raspberries, currants, and many 

 other small berries beloved by birds grow in profusion, 

 and the multebcer is common on the fjelds. Potatoes 

 and peas are cultivated in the gardens, all being ripe 

 by the middle of August. 



Throughout summer time the mosquito makes music 

 in the air, showing no distinct preference for the bedroom 



