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mere tourist in search of the picturesque will find a 

 light trout-rod an excellent accompaniment. Only, 

 verbum sap., when he catches his trout, let him, unless 

 he has a very powerful stomach, superintend the 

 cooking of them himself. 



The MAAN ELV, flowing from the Mjos Vand into 

 Tin Soen, is a good river. On this, and nearer to 

 Mjos Vand, is the famous Kiukan Foss. 



Near Hitterdal, famous for its quaint ship-like 

 church, good trout-fishing may be had. 



I have mentioned hut few of the lakes and rivers 

 in this province; hut those I have named are the 

 most accessible, and are generally considered the richest 

 in fish. (For routes to Thelemarken, vide Murray, 

 p. 195, and Bennett's 'Handbook,' p. 28.) 



The shooting over the whole of this Amt is generally 

 good. The neighbourhood of Straengen abounds with 

 hares, snipe, and black game. Eyper are plentiful on 

 all the fjelds. Eeindeer are numerous on the fjelds 

 about Tinds, Vinge, and Moe (a few miles west of 

 Dalen), and in the northern parts of Ovre Thele- 

 marken. 



The magnificent Gausta Fjeld, the highest mountain 

 in the south of Norway (6000 feet), is never without 

 a good sprinkling of rein. 



Bears are numerous throughout the province; the 

 average ^number killed being 33|l per annum ; and I 



