1897] Bæveren i Norge, dens Udbvedelse og Levemaade. 115 



Øvrebø. The Beaver established itself in 1895, on the En- 

 gilsvand (lake) in Øvrebø, and built there two lodges. In 1896, 

 the water was so ltfw that the lodge lay nearly dry, and was thus 

 uninhabitable for a time. Both lodges were of considerable size, 

 up to 8 metres in length. The construction of a dam in their vi- 

 cinity had been commenced (p. 47). In 1894, traces of Beaver 

 were also found on the farm Røskeland. 



Hegeland. The Beaver frequented the Gaaseflaa-vand 

 (lake) up till quite late years, but is, possibly, not to be founcl there 

 at present. Beaver were to be met with in Evje and Iveland 

 until the Seventies. So late as 1878, one lodge was commenced 

 on the Dos-Elven (river), but the Beaver has probably now disap- 

 peared from there. Numerous place-names in these parts indicate 

 its presence in former times. 



Bygland. The Beaver frequented Bygland, certainly weil into 

 the Eighties, but is, possibly, not established at present in the di- 

 strict, excepting in its remotest north eastern corner, where the 

 Beaver possibly still occurs on the farm Kile, situated to the 

 southward of Strøms-Fjord. 



Hyllestad. The Beaver is likewise present in Hyllestad, pos- 

 sibly still frequenting the Strømsfjord, while, in 1894, one or 

 two families settlecl on the farm Besteland, but, it is said that 

 the lodge was deserted in 1896. For the rest, it is the same in 

 this parish as in Valle, the Beaver having disappeared since the 

 Sixties or Seventies. In the last mentioned parish, there is one 

 spot, Findalen, which is, possibly, inhabited by it. 



Bykle is the highest portion of the valley, so far as is known, 

 from which mention has been made of the Beaver. Most individuals 

 likewise forsook this part in the Seventies, though some few still 

 lived there in the Eighties. During the Summer 1890, it reappeared 

 in the Bosvand (lake) but disappeared again in 1894. 



VII. The Mandals Elv (river). 



The valley drained by this river, situated a little to the west- 

 ward of Lindesnæs, is the westernmost present range of the Beaver, 

 and it is only to be found at one spot, and in few numbers. This 



