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CHRISTIANS AMT. 



This province borders on the Miosen lake, Hede- 

 marken, and Agershuus Amts, on the south and east ; 

 on the north it is bounded by Eomsdals Amt, and part 

 of South Throndhjem Amt ; and on the west and south 

 by Komsdals and Buskeruds Amt. It is divided into 

 three Fogderies Thoten, Valders, and Gudbrandsdal. 

 Its principal rivers are the Laagen and Eauma, which 

 have their source at either end of Laesje Vand, as men- 

 tioned above. 



The Laagen, which flows into the Miosen at Lilleham- 

 mer, has many tributaries ; among the most important 

 of which is the Otta Elv, which falls into it at Krin- 

 gelen, a mountain pass, famous in the annals of Nor- 

 wegian history for the massacre of Colonel Sinclair. 

 ( Vide Murray's ' Handbook.') The trout-fishing in 

 the Laagen is not held in high esteem. A great 

 quantity of the large lake-trout are taken in traps at 

 Hunnerfoss, about ten miles north of Lillehammer. 



Yalders is situate in the southern part of this Amt, 

 and is extremely rich in vegetation and smiling land- 

 scape. The beautiful Eandsfjord, formed by the con- 

 fluence of the Dokka and Etnedal rivers, is about 50 

 miles long, and 290 feet above the level of the sea. 



The Yalders Eiver rises near Nystuen, the extreme 

 top of the Fille Fjeld, and flows with a south-westerly 



