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We stop nearly an hour within a few hundred
yards of the precipice, and some of the passengers
amuse themselves by catching codfish. With
only three lines of the kind already described,
without bait, the deck was speedily covered with
fish of 10 to 15 lbs. weight, among which were
a few hallibut. The water was deep, but the
plummet had only to be sunk to the bottom
and a few jerks made, when a fish was hooked,
demanding some effort to haul it over the
bulwark.
The North Cape is usually described as the
northernmost extremity of Europe: this is not
quite correct. There is a low glaciated tongue
of rock, called Knivskjierodden or Knivskjoelodde,
about a mile to westward of North Cape, which
projects farther north than the cape itself.
Immediately to the east of the cape is a fine
amphitheatre of rocks, partly surrounding a
curious plain like the pit of a theatre. This
appears to have been the bed of an ancient glacier
which has poured over the rocks beyond, and has
moved from the south, northwards.
Some of our passengers, Germans and Belgians,
land at Kjelvik, in order to explore the island
Magerö, and to climb the North Cape. From
Kjelvik, where there is a wooden church and
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