

1897] Bæveren i Norge, dens Udbredelse og Levemaade. X09 



It was most numerous in the river Vefsen (with its tributaries), 

 in Mosjøen, in Hatfjeldclalen up as far as Røsvand, as well 

 as in the rivers which fall into Kanen Fjord (in Hemnæs and Mo). 

 It constructed its lodges in almost every river until well into the 

 Twenties or Thirties of the present century. 



It only exceptionally occurred near the coast. 



It disappeared from most of these places in the Thirties. Thus, 

 in the district about Rø sv and, the last specimen was killed in 

 1842. It disappeared from the parish of Mo in the Forties. 



One individual attempted lo build a lodge in Hatfjelddalen,. 

 in 1864. In 1865, one was killed in Hemnæs. 1 ) 



Salten. The Beaver disappeared as a rule from the northern 

 districts of Nordland (such as Saltdalen) in the Twenties. One 

 surviving specimen was killed in Junke r dal en, about the year 

 1840. It had, like wi se, appeared here exceptionally in the outer- 

 most coastal districts (as on Hin dø). 



The Beaver had probably been exterminated in B eie ren, so 

 early as the beginning of the present century. In Skjærstad,. 

 Nordfolden, and Ofoten first in the Twenties. 



V. Tromsø Amt (Provinee) and Finmarken. 



Tromsø Amt. Old authors do not mention the presence of 

 the Beaver in this provinee. Only one place-name (in the parish 

 of Lenvik) indicates its presence in these parts. Mr. Hagemann, 

 Forester. received an account, which may be deemed reliable, that 

 one specimen was killed in Kvænangen, in the Sixties of the 

 present century. 



River Alten. The Beaver had disappeared from here in the 

 beginning of the present century. Traces of lodges were still met 

 with on the Majeg-jok (i. e. River Beaver), at Kautokeino, in 



the Fifties. 



Porsanger. The Beaver disappeared from here probably prior 

 to the close of the previous century. Traces of lodges have, how~ 

 ever, even in our time been seen above Skoganvarre. 



') A later report of one being killed in Nesne, in 1885, is doubtful. 



