82 SPORT IN NORWAY. 



AGERSHUUS AMT. 



This province, the capital of which is Christiania, 

 situate at the head of the Christiania Fjord, is bounded 

 on the north-east by Hedemarken Amt ; on the north- 

 west by Christians Amt; and on the south-west by 

 Buskeruds Amt, and the Christiania Fjord. 



It contains 40^ square miles, and is divided 

 into three Fogderies. Its scenery, though not grand, 

 has a pleasing interchange of hill, dale, and plain, with 

 extensive forest ranges. 



The principal rivers are the Vormen, running from 

 the Miosen at Minde into the Glommen at Na3s, and 

 flowing into the Oyeren lake. 



The fishing in this Amt is very insignificant. To 

 say that salmon are not found in it would be, strictly 

 speaking, incorrect ; but for all practical purposes there 

 is no place worth trying. And though trout may be 

 found in every stream and little " baek," yet no sport 

 is to be had, I may say, in any river in the whole of 

 this province. 



The Nordmarken lakes, about fourteen or fifteen 

 miles from Christiania, in the middle of an extensive 

 range of forest, contain many fine trout. Leave must, 

 however, first be got from the proprietor, Baron Wedel, 

 who preserves the fishing veiy strictly. Being, how- 



