SMAALEHNEXES AMT. 85 



Bears are rarely met with in this amt, J-f of a bear 

 being the average per annum. In severe winters, 

 lynxes have been killed near Christiania. 



SMAALEHNENES AMT. 



This Amt is bounded on the north by Agershuus 

 Amt ; on the east by Sweden ; and on the west and 

 south by the sea and Sweden. 



It is very flat, and has extensive tracts of plain. In 

 an agricultural point of view it is very important, as it 

 contains more tillable land than any province in Nor- 

 way. Its superficial area is 33^ square miles. 



The Glommen river intersects it from north to 

 south, and in its course through the northern part 

 forms eighteen falls of no great height, and then flows 

 tranquilly till it reaches Sarpsborg, where it forms the 

 grand Sarpfoss, 320 feet above the sea. Salmon go up 

 to this foss, but I have never heard of their taking 

 the fly. 



In the neighbourhood of Frederickshald, memorable 

 for the death of Charles XII., some fair salmon-fishing 

 may be had in the ENNINGDALS ELY, flowing into Ide 

 Fjord near Berby. Berby Gaard owns the fishing, 

 where leave may probably be obtained. 



The shooting in this Amt is insignificant, neither 

 rein, elk, nor ryper being found. Bears are seldom 

 met with, and form an almost inappreciable average. 



