108 R- Collett. [No. 1. 



IL The West Coast of Norway. 



The Beaver is mentioned, in the previous century, in connec- 

 tion with several valleys to the westward of the river Mandal (the 

 present western boundary of the range of the Beaver), such as those 

 in the parishes of Sogne. Egenæs and Tonstad. On the other 

 hand, there is hardly any existing information respecting the Beaver 

 on the entire stretch of land from the Stavanger to the Trondhjem 

 Fjord. It must, however, have inhabited the inland districts, in 

 by the mountains, as several place-names, formed of ,,Bæver" are to 

 be found in Hardanger, Yttre Sogn, Søndmøre, Romsdalen, Sundalen 

 and Surendalen (watershed of the river Driva). 



III. Diocese of Trondhjem. 



Tyd alen. The last specimen of the Beaver w as killed about 

 the year 1820, in this high lying valley. Several place-names still 

 indicate the presence of the Beaver in the valley of the river Nid, 

 as well as in Orkedalen and Guldalen. 



S tø rd al and Værdal. The Beaver occurred in these valleys 

 until the Twenties of the present century. In 1818, mention is 

 made of their being in Stordalen, and, even in the Forties, remains 

 of their lodges were to be seen in Værdalen. 



Namdalen. The Beaver was located in this great valley cer- 

 tainly up to the Twenties, and was still met with in Snaasen 

 in 1817. 



IV. Nordland. 



Helgeland. The Beaver was generally numerous, and wide- 

 spread throughout the whole of Nordland, far into the present 

 century. Through Mr. Hagemann, the Forester (see p. 16), we learn 

 that in many of the large valleys, and their side valleys, there was 

 hardly a stream to be found suitable for the requiréments of the 

 Beaver that was not frequented by it. It was thus known to be 

 located in at least 50 different places, mostly in the southern por- 

 tions of the province (Helgeland). It is, however, but seldom re- 

 ferred to by the authors of the period. 



