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establish a large hatchery, then I think decent sport might 

 be enjoyed by those whom it pleases to harl a large river ; 

 but, by reason of the natural disadvantages which I con- 

 sider the river to possess, a much larger stock in proportion 

 would have to be annually bred than would be the case 

 in a river more suit«d by nature to the habits of Sahno 

 salar. 



Fish ascending a river coloured with grey marl get 

 tinted with it, and I should think it very doubtful if 

 they appreciate the decoration ; but in the Salten river this 

 scarcely applies to the sea-trout which ascend the Vasboten 

 river, as it is but a short distance from the fjord, and the 

 fish soon lose the colouring matter in clear water. 



I should roughly estimate that two or three good 

 anglers would, in an average season upon the Salten 

 river and its tributaries, kill the best part of 300 lbs. of 

 salmon, and 700 lbs. to 800 lbs. of sea-trout, bull-trout, 

 sea-char, and trout, the bulk of which would l)e sea- 

 trout. They might easily make a better bag. 



During the intervals when the river has been unlet 

 the indiscriminate and greedy netting by the farmers has 

 evidently much reduced the stock of salmon ; and if any 

 one should essay the task of restocking the river, he should 

 make the farmers pay heavily for their greed, and take 

 care of himself as regards drawing up a lease. 



I descended the river from Storjord to the fjord by a 



