1897] Bæveren i Norge, dens Udbredelse og Levemaade. 107 



Smaalenene. No mention of its appearance in this province 

 can be traced. A fe w place-names in Aremark prove, however, 

 that it frequented the district, almost as far down as Bohuslen 

 (Province of Bohus, Sweden). 



Gudbrandsdalen. The Beaver became exterminated earlier 

 here than in Østerdalen. In 1743, Atnedalen was said to have 

 been inhabited by Beaver; in 1785, Venebygden in Eingebo 

 and the valley of the Bævra. 1 ) 



The Environs of the Mjøsen. The Beaver occupied these 

 districts till towards the close of the previous century. Mention is 

 made, so early as the 15th century, of a place in Biri (Galtestad), 

 where Beaver hunting was carried on, and some places still retain 

 the n arnes they derived from the animal. 



Ringerike, Modum, Sigdal. The Beaver possibly did not 

 exist in these valleys beyond the middle of last century. In 1743, 

 it was still sparsely represented in Sigdal, and Modum, but was 

 said, even then, to have been exterminated in other places. 



No mention of its having existed in Hallingdal can be found. 

 A few rivers are called after it, one of which (Bjørdøla on the 

 Fille Fjeld) lies at an attitude of about 3000 feet above the sea. 



Sandsvær and Jarlsberg. The Beaver probably existed in 

 the upper parts of the watershed of the river La ag en, until to- 

 wards the close of last century, and, in 1790, was said to be still 

 numerous in Sandsvær. 



Seljord, (Øvre Th el em arken). In 1786, the Beaver still 

 existed in Seljord, but was even at that time scarce. It is probable 

 that, in the present century, the Beaver has never inhabited the 

 regions north of the river Vinje (the watershed of the Bandak), 

 notwithstanding that those parts immediately adjoin the present 

 Beaver districts. 



x ) Bævra, originally Bivra, presumably foimded from a Avord Avhich corre- 

 sponds to the German Biber. 



