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correct. Oar average was a little in excess of this, but it
must be noted, that I carefully arranged our route so as
to halt at the best and largest stations. At these the
charges are justly somewhat higher than at ordinary and
inferior stations.
After perusing the above, I think my readers will agree
with me in concluding that the Norwegians are not xjet
corrupted by the redundance of tourists—have not learned
to make any extortionate demands upon the purses of
their visitors, especially when the shortness of the
Norwegian tourist season is considered, and also the fact, that
tourists come upon the country people just in the midst of
their harvest, when their time is the most valuable.
The tariff on board the steam-packets is stated in
detail, page 41.
The expenses of posting, including the hire of horses,
carrioles, tilsegelse, and drikkepenge, amounts to about
four-pence per English mile with single carrioles, or threepence
per mile for each traveller with double carrioles. The rates
have remained unaltered since my first visit, in spite of the
increased value of horses and fodder, and the higher rate
of wages throughout the country. As horses are much
in demand for agricultural work during the tourist season,
I have no reason to doubt the statement made by some of
the station-masters, that the present rates of posting barely
cover their expenses. The men who took us from
Lier-dalsoren made some profit by using very good horses, and
doing several ordinary stages in the course of the day.
As I have already stated, there is room for improvement
in this direction. Longer stages, at corresponding rates,
would pay better, and be more convenient for the tourist.
With the present greatly improved roads, such increase in
average length of stages is quite practicable, without over-
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