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mand or Lensmand in Finmarken. Such liberality is 

 of course beyond abuse ! 



Above Karasjok good fishing may be had at Assebakte. 



A friend of mine, who has had much experience on 

 the river, told me that he found 9 11 P. M., and 1 6 

 A. M. the best times for fishing. It little matters when 

 one sleeps in those sunlight nights ! 



In calm, sultry weather, the musquitoes are very 

 troublesome : the atmosphere at times is so thick with 

 them " that it is almost possible to cut your name out 

 among them " a gentleman told me. It requires a little 

 manoeuvring to keep them out of the tent. The best 

 plan is, on entering, to close the entrance as quickly as 

 possible, and then to commence "blowing a cloud," 

 when they will congregate in the top of the tent, and 

 can thus more readily be disposed of with a damp 

 towel, or bough of birch wood. 



LAX ELY is at the bottom of the Porsanger Fjord, 

 and is about eighty miles east of Hammerfest. It has 

 not a very large body of water. The banks are but 

 thinly inhabited, so that a tent is quite necessary. 

 Salmon run up about thirty-five miles. The steamer 

 stops at Kistrand, about twenty-five miles from the 

 mouth. Men should be engaged at Kistra, and some 

 arrangement be made about the fishing. Information 

 can be obtained from the Pastor, Foged, or Handelsmand. 

 This river will be too small to remain there all the 



