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months of the year, and the sun is below the
horizon for more than two months, it would appear
like sacrilege to cut down any vegetation except
for food, and thus the beauty of a garden lawn is
naturally estimated as proportionate to the quantity
and depth of grass upon it.
Swings of elaborate architecture are erected in
most of the gardens. Their dimensions show that
they are not merely for children, but also for the
luxurious enjoyment of the heads of the household,
and the entertainment of guests on festive occasions.
To-day and to-morrow are so completely mixed
up together in these Arctic regions that the dates
of one’s diary become curiously confused. In sober
go-to-bed England it would be scarcely consistent
with propriety to make midnight excursions with
young ladies; but here I find myself rowing across
from the island to the south-west mainland at
11 p.m. with a boatful of ladies, and climbing the
mountain at the mouth of the Tromsdal, which
commands the best northward view for the
midnight sun. This, the 21st–22nd of July, is the last
day on which it is visible above the horizon here.
As the northward horizon of Tromsö is
mountainous, it is necessary to climb to the level of that
horizon to see the midnight sun at this date.
Among other provisions for the journey, I had
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