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Title: A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden
2nd edition

Author: W. A. Ross

Release Date: February 14, 2009 [EBook #28073]

Language: English

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[Illustration]

A

YACHT VOYAGE

TO

NORWAY,

DENMARK, AND SWEDEN.

BY

W. A. ROSS, ESQ.

Ver erat: errabam: Zephyrus conspexit: abibam:
Insequitur: fugio.

OVID. _Fast._, Lib. v.

Second Edition.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER,

GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

1849.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY T. R. HARRISON,
ST. MARTIN'S LANE.

TO

AN AMIABLE AND A GENEROUS FRIEND,

ROBERT, LORD RODNEY,

I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME,

IN TOKEN

OF ADMIRATION, GRATITUDE,

AND

AFFECTION.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Departure from Greenwich--The History of the Iris Yacht
--Sheerness--Harwich--Under Weigh--The North Sea--Sail
in Sight--The Mail Overboard--Speaking the Norwegian 1

CHAPTER II.

Foggy Weather--First View of Norway--Christiansand Fiord
--Arrival at Christiansand--Description of the Town--The
Toptdal River--Excursion Inland--The Enthusiastic
Angler--Rustic Lodgings--Hunting the Bear--The Trap--The
D