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disagreeable; but, after a short education of the palate,
this is usually enjoyed; so highly in some cases,
that luxuriously-minded people who have made its
acquaintance in Norway have it sent to England
from Christiania. This flavour is said to be
purposely added by the use of fir cones by the brewer,
but I suspect that it is really due to barrelling in
casks made of the native pine.
For two years previous to making this journey
I had been troubled with boils that seemed
incurable, and was recommended to take pitch pills.
Pitch being crude rosin, I took the liberty of
modifying this prescription by substituting resinous
Norwegian ale for the pitch pills. Either the ale,
or the bracing northern air, or the two combined,
had the desired effect, as the boils which I had on
starting were arrested in their development; finally
disappeared before we reached the Arctic circle,
and have not returned.
The prices of the above wine list are stated in
specie dollars and skillings. One specie dollar is
equal to 4.s. 5½d., and a skilling a little less than
one halfpenny, i. e. 27 skillings = 1 English
shilling.
Steam-packet communication on the coast has
greatly developed since my first visit. Then there
was but one service to the Lofodens and Arctic
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