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132 THROUGH NORWAY WITII A KNAPSACK.
slow descent tlie blocks of rock forming tlie moraine;
which when deposited at its boundaries will remain to
mark its place, though the climate of the whole region
should change and the ice and snow all melt away.
We made another halt at Tromsö, and all went
ashore, proceeding as a matter of course to the
principal hotel, the Belle Yue. The house was full—not
of provisions—but of guests. We asked for breakfast,
and were told by the host that he was very busy and
could not give us any. We petitioned for dinner a few
hours afterwards; but this was refused. We sued for
wine or beer, and biscuits or flaclbröd, or anything
digestible or indigestible containing some amount of any
of the protean compounds; but all in vain. We were
made to understand that a Norwegian hotel-keeper
only proposes to do a limited amount of business, and
that nothing will tempt him to exceed that We then
returned to the ship, but could get no breakfast there,
for it was washing-day—all were engaged in the
swabbing of decks and scrubbing of cabins. A little bread
and some chips of cheese were at last reluctantly
brought, and which we very rashly refused 011 account,
of the smallness of the quantity and the ill grace of
grudging with which it was served. We went ashore
again, emboldened by hunger, and determined to
besiege the town and force the natives to submit and
supply our wants. We were eight in number, and
proceeded first to the consul’s, where we armed
ourselves with bottles of ale and sauterne, and lumps of
cheese; then to the baker’s shop, where we insisted
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