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there is a still better one at from twenty to thirty miles 

 up. At a distance of about sixty to seventy miles from the 

 mouth, there is a foss where I heard that salmon were 

 very plentiful, and that the river was always clear 

 there; but that unluckily it cannot be fished from 

 a boat, and the rocks are so high that if you hook 

 a fish from land you cannot gaff him. Very few 

 Englishmen seem to have tried this river. One has 

 noted in the book at Lund's (1857) that he had had 

 good sport. But nobody seems to have tried up by 

 the above-named foss. The great drawback to the 

 Beisen is evidently the mud. I know but too well 

 from experience what a plague that is, especially in 

 the short salmon season of the north. If I ever come 

 back there I will try and get above the source of the 

 mud, up to the foss, and see whether it be not possible 

 to fish the pool. I should think there would be but 

 little chance of sport before the end of June." 



The steamer stops at Skjerve Island, about twenty 

 miles from the mouth of the river. This island is of 

 tolerable, size, containing the parish church and the 

 parsonage house. There is good ryper shooting in 

 the neighbourhood. 



SKIBOTN ELV, in Lynge Fjord, is a nice river, and 

 is well worth a trial; there is a station here. Also 

 BALS FJOKD ELV, not far distant. They are both 

 small rivers, but hold salmon. 



