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host who entertains him. This will carry him
smoothly throughout Norway, will be far more
effectual here than any amount of money
bak-sehish, very little of which is needed in this rather
exceptional country.
The chain of lakes succeeding the Tangs
Mjosen is also very beautiful, and this kind of
scenery is the better appreciated on account of
its contrast with the desolate grandeur that
prevails in the region through which we had
previously passed. It appears to me that all these
lakes might be connected, with the aid of a few
locks, to form a navigable canal, like the
Caledonian Canal, and thus form a highway that would
cost less than the new road now in course of
construction.
We reach Reien station rather later than our
usual halting time, and determine not to stop
there, as the station and its master have managed
to acquire a prominently bad reputation.
On our arrival a woman who is in the house
tells us that we can have one horse “ strax,” that
is, at once, and three more in the course of two
hours. We therefore decide that one of the ladies
shall drive on with the strax horse to the next
station, and order dinner, the rest dividing: into
two sections, one to walk on about halfway until
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