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appearance. Good, wide streets, clean, bright
wooden houses, and a busy population, all
apparently doing their fair share in the work of
producing and distributing the requirements of
life, and therefore honourably entitled to enjoy a
full share of the pleasure of consuming them.
The number of fruit trees, &c., growing in the
town surprised us. There are gooseberry bushes
and rose trees in the main street.
We embark on the ‘ Lodden,’ and steam to
Aalesund. AVe had been sometimes disposed to
envy the tourists who had private carrioles, but
now we see their inconvenience. Some of the
passengers were sadly troubled by theirs, and
wished they could get rid of them.
The captain recommended Gort’s hotel, and
we go there, but find it a cafe and drinking shop.
They offer beds, but we decline, and go to Sporck’s,
which is much better.
I may here make a necessary note, viz. that any
recommendation or condemnation that I or any other
tourist may offer concerning any hotel or station
should be received cum grano, inasmuch as the
verdict may be just this summer and very unjust next
year. These places change hands, and thus become
altered, or—as more frequently occurs in Norway
—they are held by simple country people, who
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