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branches from 12.30 p.m. on 26th August, until
3.30 a.m. on 27th, and then land at
Laerdal-soren.
After breakfasting at an hotel of some
pretensions, we start at about 5.30 with horses and
carrioles hired from men who offer them on the
pier when we land. I had some hesitation in
perpetrating this irregularity, but was practically
compelled to do so by the irregularity of the
circumstances.
A large number of passengers landed besides
ourselves, all bound for the Fillefjelde, all in a
hurry, all scrambling for horses and vehicles. It
soon became evident that the ordinary resources
of the station keepers were utterly incompetent to
supply the demand, and that these outside touting
carmen were genuine benefactors, provided they
would behave fairly. Their appearance and
manner were not very promising; they had a
most disagreeable resemblance to the class of men
who infest the landing places of so many
countries, and prey ujDon the helpless foreigners who
fall into their clutches. I quite expected some
disagreeable experiences that might have given a
colourable justification to the accusation of
partiality to Norwegians which has been brought
against me. This apprehension was increased by
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