80 SPOKT IN NORWAY. 



Of the other rivers in this Amt I know nothing, and 

 will not, therefore, hazard any information. 



The general shooting in this Amt is first-rate. For 

 elk deer, Osterdalen, Kendalen, and Solor are the best 

 districts in the whole of Norway, and will be more 

 especially alluded to in the chapter on elk-hunting. 

 The mountain plateau between Eendalen and Trysil 

 frequently abounds with reindeer. The lofty Solen 

 Fjeld, midway between the two, is seldom, if ever, 

 without them. A short distance from here there is 

 a most comfortable and convenient saeter. Capercalzie 

 are numerous in all the forests, and hjerper are ex- 

 tremely abundant. Good ryper-shooting may be had 

 near Koraas, Tolgen and Trysil. Stor Elvedalen will 

 be found an exceedingly good place for the sportsman, 

 and comfortable quarters may be had. 



Shot guns are never used by the peasants in Oster- 

 dalen or Eendalen, so that for this reason better 

 shooting may be had. Kongsvinger and its neighbour- 

 hood will afford good sport, and is within easy distance 

 on the new branch of railway from the capital. 



" In the autumn of 1859," a friend writes me word, 

 " I made an exploring expedition through the forest 

 country between the valleys of the Glommen and the 

 Klar, and then into Sweden towards Dal Elv. This 

 country lies to the north of that mentioned by Lloyd, 

 and the greater portion of it had never before, I believe, 



