thern Star--Swedish Artillery--The Grove--An
Old Man's History--The Alarm of Fire--The Carriage
overturned--The River Gotha--Washing in the Stream--The
Narrow Streets--Description of Gottenborg--Its Decayed
Commerce--The Herring Fishery 172

CHAPTER XI.

Return to Norway--Sail up the Gulf--Approach to Christiania
--Its Appearance from the Water--Anecdote of Bernadotte--
Description of the City--The Fortress--Charles the XIIth
--The Convicts--Story of the Captured Cannon--The Highwayman
--Prospect from the Mountains--The Norwegian Peasant Girl 204

CHAPTER XII.

A Drive into the Interior--Extensive and Sublime Prospect
--Norwegian Post-Houses--Repair of the Roads--Preparations
for Departure 215

CHAPTER XIII.

The Yacht under sail--Jacko overboard--Fredricksvaern--The
Union Jack--Scenery on the Larvig River--Transit of Timber
--Salmon Fishing--The Defeated Angler--Ludicrous Adventure
with an Eagle--Result of the Angling Expedition--The Bevy of
Ladies--Norwegian Dinner-Party, Singular and Amusing Customs 240

CHAPTER XIV.

Another Fishing Excursion--Landing a Salmon--The Carriole--
Boats rowed by Ladies--Departure from Larvig--Christiansand
Harbour--Return to Boom--Sincere Welcome--Angling at the
Falls--The Forsaken Angler--A Misunderstanding--Reconciliation
--St. John's Day--Simplicity of Manners 260

CHAPTER XV.

Sailing up the Gron Fiord--Dangerous Swell--Excursion Ashore
--Trout-Fishing--Mountain Scenery--Ant-Hills--Hazardous
Drive--The Scottish Emigrant--Miserable Lodging--Condition
of the Peasantry--A Village Patriarch--Costume of the Country
People--Arrival at Faedde 287

CHAPTER XVI.

Return to the Yacht--Poor Jacko--Ascending the Stream--
Description of the Faedde Fiord--Adventures of an Angler--Sail
to the Bukke Fiord--The Fathomless Lake--The Maniac, and her
History--The Village of Sand--Extraordinary Peculiarities of
the Sand Salmon--Seal Hunting--Shooting Gulls--The Seal
caught--Night in the North 303

CHAPTER XVII.

The Dangerous Straits--British Seamanship--The Glaciers
of Folgefonde--Bergen--Habits of the Fishermen--The Sogne
Fiord--Leerdal--Arrival at Auron--A Hospitable Host--
Ascending the Mountains--The Two Shepherdesses--Huntin