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previous pedestrian experience had not made
obvious, viz. that it secures a comfortable and sound
vehicle, which is by no means always attainable
at the stations. We met with some wondrous
specimens in the course of our journey, but were
exceptionally fortunate in getting through without
any mishap.
My advice concerning the choice between these
two methods of proceeding is, that when the
intended route is not much broken by water
crossings, you should purchase or hive a carriole
for the vdiole journey. Thi* is easily done at
Christiania by the aid of Mr. Bennett, or the
Christiania Carriole Company, and oftentimes at
country places, especially when a carriole thus hired
has been left to be returned. Could we have hired
such carrioles for our party from Stören to the
foot of the Romsdal it would have saved a vast
amount of trouble and anxiety. I tried to do
so, was offered an old English phaeton to carry
five by a pair of horses, but the ladies protested
against so un-Scandinavian a vehicle ; they had
in fact set their minds upon carrioles, and on the
enjoyment of the novel excitement of driving
themselves up and down the steep Norwegian roads.
I was the only timid member of our party, and
actually trembled when I learned that some of
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