Full resolution (JPEG) - On this page / på denna sida - CHAPTER I. Contrasts — Development of Norwegian tourist traffic — Passengers on the ‘Argo,’ and their tub of introduction — Whales — The Norwegian coast — Stavanger — Glacier vestiges in the High Street — Bergen — Indoor ivy — A Church of England Service conducted in the spirit of Primitive Christianity — Northward Ho! — Aalesund — Christiansund — Delay and disappointment — Trondhjem — Northern luxury — The Cathedral — The Falls of the Nid — A terraced valley — Prosperous farmers — The “Störhaus”— Glacial origin of the terraces.
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Below is the raw OCR text
from the above scanned image.
Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan.
Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!
This page has been proofread at least once.
(diff)
(history)
Denna sida har korrekturlästs minst en gång.
(skillnad)
(historik)
possible to make up accidental loss of time when
posting, by travelling at night; but here, on
board an unpunctual steam-packet, the unfortunate
tourist is utterly helpless. By the admirable
telegraphic service of the Norwegian coast, messages
may be sent from barren, desolate, and apparently
uninhabited lumps of rock to any part of the
civilized world; and we avail ourselves of this to
advise the steam-packet office at Trondhjem that
eight passengers desire to meet the Arctic boat at
the mouth of the Trondhjem fjord. In spite of this
we miss it by about three hours; the ‘Arcturus’
being twelve hours late, reaching Trondhjem at
about 10 a.m. to-day instead of 10 p.m. last night.
The North Cape packet being advertised to start
at midnight, we had eight or nine hours of margin,
which I supposed to be sufficient, as it is always
possible to meet the Trondhjem boat and go on
board from a station in the mouth of the fjord,
above three hours distant from the city. I mention
these particulars that other tourists may profit
by my experience. This disappointment was
exceedingly vexatious, as we had hurried away from
London and taken this route to Trondhjem in
order to catch this week’s North Cape packet,
and thus get into the Arctic regions in time for
the midnight sun.
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
