SOUTH BERGENHUUS AMT. :>'.', 



before the people coine up to the saeters, an un- 

 commonly good chance of getting hold of a bear might 

 be had. It is rather stiffish walking on the mountain- 

 sides above Tonjums Dal, but the ground is very 

 favourable for seeing bears. 



SOUTH BEHGEXHUUS AMT. 



This Amt is bordered on the south by Stavanger Amt ; 

 on the east by Bratsberg and Buskeruds Amt ; and on 

 the west by the sea. It contains 141 square miles, 

 and is divided into two Fogderies, Sondhordland and 

 Hardanger. Xordhordland and Voss. On the east it is 

 separated from Hallingdal and Nummedal by a chain of 

 mountains, Langfjelde, which in places attain an alti- 

 tude of 5,400 feet above the sea. 



The magnificent Hardanger Fjord intersects this Amt 

 from south-west to north-east, the scenery of which is 

 perhaps the grandest and wildest in the whole country 

 (vide Murray's ' Handbook,' p. 178 ; Bennett's ditto, 

 pp. 25, 26) ; and as there is weekly steam commu- 

 nication with Bergen, a passage of but a few hours, 

 its beauties may readily be explored. 



The fishing in this Amt is by no means unimportant 

 In the extreme south there is a small river called ETNE 

 ELY, which can be tried ; and there is a likely-looking 

 stream running out into a fjord at Fjaere, a few miles to 

 the north-east. But neither of these is of much 

 importance. 



