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Sverholtklubben, where the great confluent glaciers
of the Porsangerfjord and Laxefjord have poured
their ice torrents into the sea. The bearing of
this upon my theory of the origin of the till will
presently be seen.
These prolific banks, and the convenient
staircase structure of the rocks, have doubtless
combined to determine the location of the marvellous
colony of sea birds at Sverholtklubben.
Even here, at the outermost Arctic limits of
Europe, that purest manifestation of true artistic
taste—the love of beautiful flowers—was
charmingly displayed, for amid all the stinks of codfish,
oil cauldrons, and whales, there were choice flowers
blooming brightly in the windows of
Hammerfest, Vadsö, Vardö, &c.; and at the most dreary
northern stations we continually picked up
passengers carrying flowerpots in which were growing
choice exotics, evidently tended with the greatest
care. They were nursed like babies during the
voyage, and most tenderly handed over to the
boats by which the passengers landed.
We saw several boats of the fisher Lapps
opposite the mouths of the Porsanger and Laxe fjords,
and also of the Tana and Varanger fjords.
These hardy people seem to be increasing in
numbers, while the Fjeld Lapps are declining.
Their harvest is practically inexhaustible, and
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