Ill SPORT IN NORWAY. 



the tourist in search of the picturesque. Three noble 

 rivers, equal in their volume of water, and in the 

 length of their course, drain this mountainous region, 

 and fall respectively into the Eomsdal, Lange, and 

 Sundal Fjords." We will first consider the EAOIA. 

 This fine river rises in Laesjovaerks Vand, near Holager. 

 This lake, which is seven miles long, and 2,050 feet 

 above the level of the sea, is the source of two rivers, 

 the Laagen flowing to the south, and the Rauma to 

 the north. This is a most remarkable instance, and 

 is worthy of note ; for not only is it a rare thing for 

 two large rivers to flow in contrary directions from one 

 and the same source, but the Laagen, by falling into 

 the Miosen at Lillehammer, from the other end of 

 which, at Minde, the Vormen ultimately flows into the 

 Glommen, the whole southern part of the country 

 between Frederickstadt and Veblungsnaes is rendered 

 insular. 



The RAUMA is a first-class salmon river, and abounds 

 with salmon of a large size. Salmon go up to Orrnen 

 Foss, about twenty-one miles from the mouth : about 

 fourteen miles lower down is another foss, below which 

 the fishing is first-rate ; for though many salmon do 

 undoubtedly surmount this first obstacle, yet by far the 

 greater part remain below. But for the last seven 

 milas, down nearly to Veblungsnaes, the fishing is truly 

 magnificent, and for four miles immediately below the foss, 



