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smiling and fertile valleys, lofty mountains, brawling 

 cascades, and noble rivers, it presents to tbe tourist 

 in search of tbe picturesque all tbat can be desired ; 

 wbile tbe ample facilities of its rivers and fjelds offer to 

 tbe sportsman abundant employment. Tbe valley of 

 tbe Eauma is considered to be tbe most beautiful of 

 the many beautiful valleys of Norway. Its noble 

 mountains, with their alpine peaks, lend a charm to 

 it which the tamer, though still lovely, aspect of 

 Gudbrandsdal fails to impart. I doubt much whether 

 any mountain pass in Switzerland can surpass it. 

 Pages and pages might be written on it, and still 

 signally fail to convey but a very feeble impression 

 of what a personal inspection would produce. 



But as in writing these pages it has been my deter- 

 mination not to be led astray by a love for tbe pictu- 

 resque, but simply to confine myself to such facts as 

 may be of use to the lover of sport, I must turn aside 

 from such temptation, and endeavour to act up to my 

 purpose. 



Eomsdal Amt is bounded on the north and east by 

 S. Throndhjem Amt ; on the south by S. Bergenhuus 

 Amt; and on the west by the sea. It contains 125 

 square miles, and is divided into three Fogderies 

 Sondmor in the south, Eomsdal in the middle, and 

 Nodmor in the north. 



If not pressed for time, the sportsman will do well 



