Chapter II: Introduction: xi

CHAPTER
I. The Voyage 1
II. Christiania 6
III. By Rail and Lake 14
IV. By Road 21
V. The First Camp 28
VI. Misery 39
VII. Happiness 45
VIII. Fly Sæter 56
IX. Sikkildal 62
X. Besse Sæter 72
XI. Gjendin 82
XII. The Camp 89
XIII. Gjendesheim 98
XIV. John 105
XV. Back to Camp 115
XVI. Trout 120
XVII. Reindeer 127
XVIII. Success at last 137
XIX. Gjendeboden 146
XX. A Formal Call 153
XXI. Fishing 167
XXII. Memurudalen 180
XXIII. A Picnic 191
XXIV. The Skipper's Return 200
XXV. The Gjende Fly 210
XXVI. Disaster 224
XXVII. A Change 230
XXVIII. Rapid Running 242
XXIX. Rus Vand 257
XXX. Luck 273
XXXI. Not lost, but gone before 286
XXXII. A Last Stalk 295
XXXIII. Homeward Bound 303
XXXIV. Bjölstad 315
XXXV. Down to Christiania 327
XXXVI. Home again 336

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

_PLATES_
PAGE

Running the Rapids below Gjendesheim _Frontispiece_
On the Track near Sikkildals Lake _to face_ 59
On the Top of Glopit. Returning from Rus Lake " 172
Baking by Night in Memurudalen " 178
The Camp in Memurudalen " 182
Death of the 'Stor Bock' at the Iceberg Lake,
Tyknings Hö " 267
Good Sport, Bad Weather. The Skipper's two
'Stor Bocks' " 279
Cheerful! The Huts at Rus Lake " 289

_WOODCUTS IN TEXT._

Norwegian Arrangement of Dishes at Table 10
Midnight Study of Stockings at Dalbakken 26
The Start on Espedals Lake 29
The Skipper's first Cast 30
Our Camp on Espedals 31
Black-throated Diver 36
View of Bredsjö by Night 40
Sunset at Fly Sæter 54
Desperate Conflict between Esau and the Mosquito 58
Sæter Girls in a Boat on Sikkildals Lake 65
Old Siva carrying a Canoe up the Sikkildals Pass 73
Greenshank 77
Ring Dotterel 78
Scaup 80
Our first View of Gjendin Lake 83
Two of our Retainers: Ivar and his Pony 87
The Skipper returns to Camp disgusted with life 93
Throwing for a Rise 99
The Skipper takes Miss Louise for a Cruise
at Gjendesheim 102
The Huts at Rusvasoset 109
John returns from fishing in Summer Costume 121
John and Esau: 'How's that for high?' 122
The two 'Meget Stor Bocks' (very big Bucks)
on Memurutungen 128
Hot Soup and Northern Lights 134
Esau and Ola return in Triumph 141
A careful Finishing Shot 143
The Colony at Breakfast in Memurudalen 159
An Exciting Moment in Rus Lake Shallows 168
Esau's Best Day among the Trout 170
Esau stalking near Hinaakjærnhullet 188
John diving for his knife in Rus Lake 198
The Skipper about to astonish the Reindeer 203
Öla performing the Funeral Rites 205
Canoeing after Duck in a Storm 236
Andreas: our Retriever 237
Ola and Andreas capturing a wounded Grouse 238
John and the Skipper upsetting in the Canoe 240
Making a Portage by the Sjoa River 244
A Norwegian Fire-place 246
Jens and his Pony on their way over Bes Fjeld 252
A Stormy Crossing at Rusvasoset 259
Gloptind Rock, at the Western End of Rus Lake 275
The old stone Hut near Gloptind 280
A Night at Rusvasoset, after a Day at Haircutting 284
Rus Lake from the Western End:
Nautgardstind in the Distance 290
Glissading home after a blank day 293
Rus Lake from the Eastern End:
Tyknings Hö and Memurutind in the distance 294
Off! A Reindeer recollecting an engagement 295
Old Buildings in the Courtyard at Bjölstad 316
Barley Sheaves: A Norwegian 'Atrocity' 323
Three at Home Again 341

_MAP._

The Jotun Fjeld _at end of volume._