46 SPORT IN NORWAY. 



good general shooting is to be had ; but the sportsman 

 must be prepared to rough it if he hopes to be suc- 

 cessful. 



NORTH BERGEXHUUS AMT. 



This Amt is bounded on the north by the last named ; 

 on the south by South Bergenhuus; on the east it 

 touches on Buskerud and Christians Amts ; and on the 

 west it is bounded by the sea. 



It is divided into two Fogderies, Yttre and Indre 

 Sogn in the south, and Sondfjord and Nordfjord in the 

 north. In the south it is intersected by the Sogne 

 Fjord from west to east. This noble fjord, which has 

 many collateral branches, is about 120 miles in length. 

 The coast is fringed with numerous islands, between 

 which and the mainland the steamers to the north wend 

 their way. 



Salmon are to be found in all the rivers running 

 into the Sogne Fjord. 



To begin at the extreme end. The LERDALS ELY 

 running out at Lerdalsoren, is a good salmon river, 

 and abounds with fish, though they do not attain a 

 very large size. Lerdalsoren can be reached either 

 by steamer from Bergen, or by the route of the Fille 

 Fjeld, via Christiania. (Vide Bennett's 'Handbook,' 

 pp. 18, 44.) The fishing in this river belongs to the 

 properties Tinjum, Moe, and Lysne. That in the 



