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



I. Bamle and Solum. 



In 1876, a few Beaver established themselves at Røra in the 

 parish of Solum, did not, however, build any lodges, and disap- 

 peared in June 1880. 



At present there is only one inhabited lodge near the Høens- 

 y an det (lake) in the parish af Bamble. 



II. Drangedal and Tørrisdal. 



Since 1860, a few lodges on the Tørnæs-Elv have been oc- 

 cupied by Beaver. The colony has, possibly, disappeared by this 

 time (one specimen killed so late as 1893). 



It possibly still occurs in the river above the church of Tør- 

 risdal (w as still seen there in 1894). 



A new colony in the Hens eid forest, east of the Tokevand 

 (lake), where one lodge was built on the Krogtjern (tårn) in 1892 

 and one on the Urdvand (lake) in 1894. 



III. Vegaardsheien. 



Well inhabited in former years, now only a few lodges at 

 Ubergsmoen being occupied, as well as in Moland below the 

 Vegaardsvand (lake). 



From these places migrations down the river frequently occur, 

 and several individuals have been shot near the ironworks at Næs, 

 during the course of years. 



IV. The Nisser Elv (river). 



The banks of this river, on which of late years the Beaver has 

 bad its main abode, are, for the most part, covered with Red-Pine 

 forests (Pinus sylvestris). Wherever these are broken by, or inter- 

 spersed with foliferous trees, the Beaver is to be found. 



It is to be met with on the stretch between Rygende Fos (falls) 

 above Arendal, and the Vraavand (lake) in Nedre Thelemarken, as 

 well as in the side valleys and the tårns on the hills; and many 

 place-names (commencing with the worcl Bjor or Bjur) originate 

 from it. 



