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THE FISHING GAZETTE 
[June 3, 1893 
A FOSSE IN NORTHERN NORWAY. 
This is a view of a big fosse in the North of Norway. Here the 
river, a very broad, deep, swift-running stream, issuing from an 
extensive lake higher up among the mountains, tumbles, with a 
roaring sound to be heard for miles, over a long, steep, narrow 
the swift currents and disturbed waters of the pool, is simply 
glorious. There is only one fisherman there who, by his skilful 
management of the boat, can ensure you success. No one who 
has fished this water can ever forget the roar of the fosse, the 
ridge of rocks, into a grand circular pool beneath. The beautiful 
firs, for which this part of the country is famous, grow close up to 
the water’s edge, and lovely ferns and mosses cover the rocks. 
As the fosse is impassable for salmon, they congregate in this 
pool, and when you hook one of the big ones, the sport, among 
smell of the pine-woods, and the first mad rush and leap of the 
big salmon when hooked. The only fishable part of the river is 
owned on long lease by an English gentleman, well known both as 
a sportsman and by his invariable kindness to the natives of the 
district and to his friends whom he takes there with him. 
