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HOW TO TRAVEL IX XORWAY.
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be made, and the boat sent forward along the coast
to meet the steamer on its return to the first mainland
station.
The purchase of a boat appears to me a far better
investment than the purchase of a carriole. The best
scenery in Norway is on the coast, and near the fiords ;
the best stations are those on the fiords, and even the
inland scenery is all very near the fiords. A boat will
carry a good stock of provisions, besides shooting and
fishing materials; and if in addition to this a tent were
provided, no cabin would be needed, for the tourist
might land upon any convenient rock, make up his bed,
and pass the night luxuriously. This would be the
most enjoyable, and the cheapest way of visiting
Norway. A few lines and hooks to hang over the boat
side will always afford a supply of food.
The scenery of the fiord continues very fine,
combining much grandeur with a Zurich-like sweetness.
The glaciers of the Folgefond, another great ice-field
about forty miles long and ten to twenty broad,
overhang the lower part of the fiord, but do not descend
very low, on account of the precipitous character of the
rocks affording but little resting-place for the ice.
This arm of the fiord, though a branch of the sea, is so
far from the opening of the fiord—more than a hundred
miles—that the saltness of the water is scarcely
perceptible to the taste. One might drink half a pint of it
without observing it to be at all salt, unless especial
attention were directed to the fact. Such being the
case, I was much surprised at finding that the rocks
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