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(1859) [MARC] Author: W. Mattieu Williams
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120 THROUGH NORWAY WITII A KNAPSACK.

charge, but we found on paying our account that an
extra charge was made for each cup of tea or coffee;
—thus a breakfast, with two cups of coffee, cost 2s.
English : an exorbitant charge for Norway, especially
as the tea and coffee were mere slops compared with
what I got at the poorest station on the road. But the
reader must not judge all the Norwegian packets on
this service by the Qonstitutione, which I am informed
is in every respect the worst. It is the oldest
steam-packet in Norway, and is said to be condemned and
now making its last voyage, having nearly foundered
on the previous one.

The fare from Trondhjem to Hammerfest, by best
cabin, was 15 specie-dollars 32 skillings, about 31. 8s. 2d.
English. The passage occupied exactly six days,
including stoppages. The fare for the return journey by
the same boat was 15 specie-dollars 27 sk., or 5 sk. less.
This difference is for the ticket or booking of the
passenger. The charge for any journey is made according
to the mileage, with an additional charge for the ticket.
This is an equitable arrangement, that our railway
companies might imitate ; supposing that they should
ever regulate their charges according to the amount of

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accommodation afforded. At present, if I ride from
London to Birmingham by second-class, I am charged
15s.—from London to Boxmoor, 3s., and from Boxmoor
to Birmingham, lis. 6tI. ; thus, if I have to travel from
London to Birmingham I save 6d. by taking, first, a
ticket to Boxmoor, and then another ticket on to
Birmingham,—on the principle that the more trouble I
give the company, and the more tickets I use, the less

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