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take the western country about Bergen and the
Hardanger, this is the usual route from Christiania.
My bedroom was without curtains, level with the road,
and looking on to it as before. Breakfast of bread and
cheese, with wonderfully strong coffee and rich cream,
as usual. Supper, bed, and breakfast cost 1 mark 12
skillings, or 1s. 4d. Walked up the hill to Throtten,
where the river spreads out again and forms a narrow
lake, on which a steam-packet plies. Like that upon
the Miosen, it is well filled; the fares being low, people
contrive to find occasions for travelling. I was
overtaken here by my friend the salmon-fisher, who drove
up in company with Mr. Gould, the ornithologist, and
Wolff, the great bird-painter. The two latter had
commenced their experience of Scandinavian hardships by
a sojourn with Mr. Bidder at his farm, before referred
to; and doubtless had suffered such privations as
Englishmen, especially naturalists, generally do when they
meet together under such circumstances.
At Christiania I had been led to believe that the
roads were so bad, that only the light carrioles made on
purpose, and sold to Englishmen at Christiania, could
travel on them; but here was a four-wheeled
contrivance, drawn by two horses, and carrying four people
besides the driver and a quantity of luggage. An
English stage-coach, with full complement of passengers,
might travel al! the way from Christiania to Trondhjem;
the road is very hilly, but not more so than some parts
of North Devon, where stage-coaches are still running.
The chief advantage of the carriole is its lightness;
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