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CHAPTER XIV.
The Naero Fiord—Gudvangen and the Naerodal—Out for the night
again—Mountains safer than plains for out-of-door sleeping—
Returning from church by water—Sunday costume—A jolly
boatman—Night on the fiord—The Yoring Foss—A project for
Rarnum—Sailing before the wind—The station at Utne—A
wonderful cup—The origin of corrugated zinc and
iron—Deference to Englishmen—The cost of boats in Norway—How to
make an economical yachting tour in Norway—The Folgefond—
Varying saltness of the fiords, and its possible effects on animal
and vegetable life, a subject for investigation.
In the morning I started by boat, with my host and
another man, for Gudvangen, distant 3§ Norsk miles,
about 24 miles English; a good day’s work. These men
were well satisfied with the legal fare.
The assistant boatman might have been transported
direct to Venice, and if there upon the piazzetta, crying
" Barca, barca, vucol barca, Signore," would not have
been recognized as out of place, except by a large round
silver brooch he wore in his shirt-front. His
physiognomy is of the same type as I had observed for the
first time at Sogndalsfjoeren—dark hair and eyes, large
nose, muscular swarthy cheeks, and a rather lank bony
figure.*
* This physiognomy I have since found to be characteristic of the
peasants of the Tellemark and neighbouring districts.
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