8 SPORT IN NORWAY. 



merfest to Vadso in the Varanger Fjord about three 

 days. In all, therefore, about eighteen days and a 

 half, at least ; and this may be considerably increased 

 in stormy weather. 



Another route is by going to Christiania, and tra- 

 velling by carriole across the Dovre to Throndhjem. 

 And this part of the journey may thus be done in 

 shorter time (and, moreover, give the traveller the 

 opportunity of seeing Gudbrandsdal and the Dovre 

 Fjeld) than by steamer northwards from Christiansand. 



Thus, it requires but one day from Christiansand to 

 Christiania usually seventeen hours and the journey 

 from hence to Throndhjem can be done comfortably 

 in four days. 



Sportsmen bound for the northern rivers must bring 

 tent and canteen with them all complete. A stock of 

 provisions, tea, sugar, spirits, &c., had best be laid in 

 either at Christiania or at Throndhjem. Musquito 

 curtains will be found a luxury, and a veil and gloves 

 are quite necessary for fishing. If the gloves, more- 

 over, are too thin, they will not prove a sufficient 

 protection. A friend of mine had the shape of the 

 glove beautifully impressed upon his hand; for these 

 plagues had stung it through every stitch. 



I will begin at the extreme north-east of this Amt. 



JACOB'S ELY is on the Kussian frontier, and runs 

 into the mouth of the Varanger Fjord. It is an ex- 



