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A SALMON RIVER (NORWAY) 



or nothing for It, but had to endure much discomfort and some hard- 

 ship. Those who had not private yachts were obHged to cross the 

 North Sea chiefly in timber-ships, which sometimes took weeks over 

 the passage. They found poor accommodation and worse food, 

 became sick of eating salmon, and suffered torments from mosquitoes 

 and other insects, against which they had no defensive appliances. 

 But we have changed all that. The modern angler crosses the North 

 Sea in well-appointed steamers, accompanied by his wife and 



