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SPORT IN NORWAY. 



mass of water. Salmon of an unusually large size have 

 been taken here. I have heard of fish weighing forty- 

 four pounds being captured in this river. They are a 

 beautifully clean fish. This also is a late river, and 

 cannot be fished with success before the middle of July, 

 as the water which comes down from the glaciers is so 

 intensely cold that the salmon will not rise to the fly. 

 I believe this fishing to be engaged. 



AURLAXDS ELY. running into a branch of the fjord 

 east of Naerodal, abounds with salmon of a large size 



SCtXK IS AUKL.VMte 



The water in this river is very irregular, and the 

 fishing is best after a flood. July is the earliest period 



