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in passing the few traps on the river, they obtain 

 complete safety in the deep waters of the lake : thus 

 a larger number escape, year after year, than if they 

 had to run the gauntlet of every trap between the 

 mouth of the river and its source. Only a few pass 

 through the lake and find their way into the river 

 above. In 1860, 2569 Ibs. of salmon were taken here 

 by one rod in thirty-nine days' fishing, giving an 

 average of nearly 66 Ibs. per day. In the month of 

 August the river abounds in sea-trout, and in some 

 seasons the large lake-trout find their way into it. 



The scenery of this district is extremely grand. The 

 valley is wider and more highly cultivated than Roms- 

 dal, while the mountains which enclose it are scarcely 

 inferior in height. " For its size," writes my in- 

 formant, " the lake is perhaps the finest in Europe, 

 equalling in its whole extent the most romantic parts 

 of the Lake of Lucerne." 



Near Botten, on a branch of the Sundals Fjord, 

 there is a small river running down from the Skaar 

 Fjeld. It is best reached by carriole from Molde via 

 Eide, on the Fanne Fjord. 



LILLEDALS ELY, a small river a little to the north- 

 west of Sundals Elv, may at times, perhaps, be found 

 to show sport. 



The SUNDALS ELV rises on the Dovre Fjeld, near 

 Drivstuen, and falls into the Sundals Fjord. At Aune, 



