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at first have had no experience of tourist
requirements, but are very anxious to please. They begin
badly, on account of their want of knowledge, are
criticised, thereby learn their shortcomings, and
presently amend them. In this way considerable
changes are effected in a short time. Bennett’s
i Handbook,’ which is revised annually, affords
the latest information on these points, and includes
all the stations recognized by the Gfovernment.
Tourists generally co-operate with Mr. Bennett,
by supplying him with any information demanded
for the correction of his notes upon the merits
of stations. I supplied some items of such
information at the end of our journey in the
interior, and found that similar information had
already been given by tourists who had preceded
me. The unanimity of these reports was
interesting, and on referring to the ‘ Handbook ’ for
1876, I find them adopted.
August 18th.—We embark on the packet,
commanded by Captain Dahl, for Hellesylt, to reach
which we steam through the Storfjord and its
branches, the Slyngsfjord, the Nordalsfjord, and
the Sunelvsfjord. This is a magnificent excursion,
the scenery gradually increasing in grandeur, until
it reaches its climax at the mouth of the
Geiranger-fjord, of which anon. Until recently, this region
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