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useful sizes. The Devon minnows rank next; the best 

 sizes are two and a-half, two and three-quarters, and three 

 inches, blue backs and gold bellies. The bar spoon is most 

 deadly and also the pearl phantoms. Single, double, and 

 treble gut traces are necessary, each trace to have four 

 swivels and detachable leads. For river trolling, Nos, i 

 and 2 quill minnows will be found to kill in heavy w r aters, 

 and should be included in the outfit. Guide Books and 

 Maps : There are many of these, all good in their way 

 ''Wilson's Guide to Norway," with maps, published by 

 E. Stanford, Charing Cross, London, price five shillings ; 

 "The Land of the Vikings," by Jurgenson, published by 

 Walter Scott, London, price three shillings and sixpence ; 

 but by far the best and most reliable is "Baedeker's 

 Norway and Sweden," w r hich is generally to be depended 

 on. There are numbers of excellent maps of Norway; one 

 issued in two sheets, by F. Beyer, of Bergen, gives all the 

 principal roads, by-roads, railways, mountain paths, and 

 boat stations. A good map is even more useful than a 

 guide book. Language : -This need not trouble the visitor 

 much, as English is spoken more or less in every hotel and 

 station along the main roads ; besides, many of the drivers 

 and boatmen speak it, if not fluently, yet well enough to be 

 understood. It is only when the tourist gets right away 

 from the main roads, far up the mountains, that he may find 

 himself at a loss for the language. An excellent phrase 

 book is published by Bennett, giving in English and Norske 

 most of the common and familiar questions likely to be 

 required. If the tourist cannot pronounce the question in 

 Norwegian, he can at all events point it out and allow 

 the native to read it ; they are generally quick enough to 

 comprehend, and are always willing to oblige a stranger. 



