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pastry was a huge sweet omelette, which we had
regularly repeated, finding it so good on the first
day. The dessert was (as usual in Norway) dried
fruit, such as almonds and raisins, and cake. The
central cake served on the first day was a work of
high art; a Tower of Babel done in confectionery
sponge, and composed of broad flat rings
successively diminishing in diameter upwards, thus
forming a series of circular galleries. We were
too much overawed by its magnificence to think of
eating it, but our hostess, discovering this, showed
us how to attack the imposing citadel, by removing
first the bottom ring, and thus leaving the
superstructure unimpaired, though gradually descending.
As we worked upwards, the cake worked
downwards, till we gained the summit on the fourth
day. We had coffee after dinner, and a substantial
evening meal. I should add that eggs are
expensive luxuries at this latitude.
We were well supplied with potatoes here and
throughout our journey. They are now grown in
considerable quantities in Norway, even within
the Arctic circle. Scurvy was once a fearful
epidemic in Norway, especially in the Arctic districts.
It is now very rare, and I suspect that this
immunity is largely due to the introduction of the
potato, which supplies the blood with some potash.
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