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Øiestad and Søndre Froland. The southernmost colony near 

 the Ry gen de Fos (falls) in 1893, occupied four or five lodges; but 

 three or four in 1896; several individuals live also in burrows. 



At Ro sø en two lodges, at Kjeld er f os (fall) one lodge. Se- 

 veral lodges on the Lyn ga as vand (lake) and in Hisaaen; 

 between Austad und Baadskilen; on the Selj estøltjern (tårn), 

 at Mør lø sv and and B eier søl in Froland, and by the Vi gel and s- 

 vand (lake). 



The Southern parts of Aamli. From olden times several 

 lodges in these parts have been occupied by the Beaver, along the 

 stretch from Bøile fos (falls) and the Nelaugvand (lake) but its 

 numbers which, in 1881, were ab out ten, were reduced in 1896, to 

 about four, possibly owing to the emigration af the Beaver. Thus 

 in 1881, at Kil an cl, there were three or four lodges, in 1891, only 

 one. At Fladen, and Mari øen, two or three lodges existed in 

 former years ; in 1896, only one. One lodge is to be found at 

 Vestre Vim me. A few lodges are also to be found on the 

 Ol sb a v and (lake) and other lakes not far from Fladen. 



Between Nelaugvand (lake) and Aamli Church. These 

 parts have been frequented by the Beaver from time immemorial. At 

 present there are four inhabited lodges between Soplandsø (island), 

 and the Sandnæsvand (lake). At Sigrid sn æ s where the Beaver 

 used to have lodges, and where, during the course af a few nights, 

 in the autumn of 1880, between twenty and thirty huge Aspen trees 

 were felled, none are now occupied. 



Stray colonies are met with on the heights above the main 

 river, by several small lakes and streams, as on the Kr og v and 

 (lake) and the Vehustjern (tårn). At the latter place, in July 

 1895, I examined a conical shaped lodge erected in the centre of 

 a flat marsh. This is described on p. 68. 



The Øi-Colonies. One colony is to be found on the main river, 

 and the tributary streams in the neighbourhood of the Øi farms 

 (above the outles of the river Gjævedalselv). It is said that the 

 Beaver is comparatively numerous here, and occupies several lodges. 

 Lodges likewise exist on the Drangvand (lake) as well as on the 

 Or vand (lake) in Treungen. 



