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intelligent hunter named Hans Natvik, who lives near 

 by, can be highly recommended. On the neighbouring 

 fjelds he usually kills many deer himself every season, 

 and is well acquainted with the whole terrain between 

 this and Tyen Vand. Sletterust is the best point from 

 which to hunt this, which is one of the best districts for 

 reindeer in the whole country. Tents are, however, 

 almost a sine qua non, as the Saeters, as is universally 

 the case in the Bergen Stift, are very bad and dirty. A 

 friend writes me word that he crossed the fjeld from 

 Lerdal to Aardal, and that in coming down through 

 the thick scrub which covers the steep sides of the 

 mountains above Vik, his guide informed him that very 

 many bears had been killed there. On the whole there 

 is scarcely a better prospect of sport anywhere in 

 Norway than in the neighbourhood of Aardal. Elks 

 are not found in this Amt. 



In Indre Sogn ryper are numerous, and,, indeed, 

 abound on all the fjeld sides in low scrub. Capercalzie 

 are common in the woods about Kaupangor and 

 Fronningeii on the opposite sides of the Sogne Fjord in 

 Indre Sogn; and Jostedal abounds in black game. 

 Indeed, I do not hesitate to say that general shooting is 

 pretty good in nearly every part of this Amt ; and I have 

 only given prominence to places where I have been in- 

 formed it is superior. Near Horningdals Vand also the 

 shooting is very fair. 



