Full resolution (JPEG) - On this page / på denna sida - CHAPTER I. Contrasts — Development of Norwegian tourist traffic — Passengers on the ‘Argo,’ and their tub of introduction — Whales — The Norwegian coast — Stavanger — Glacier vestiges in the High Street — Bergen — Indoor ivy — A Church of England Service conducted in the spirit of Primitive Christianity — Northward Ho! — Aalesund — Christiansund — Delay and disappointment — Trondhjem — Northern luxury — The Cathedral — The Falls of the Nid — A terraced valley — Prosperous farmers — The “Störhaus”— Glacial origin of the terraces.
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restorations. I say “we,” not in an editorial, but
in a literal and largely collective sense, for
although we were but seven on starting from Hull,
it somehow happened that one or two of the
‘Argo’s’ passengers discovered at Bergen that it
would be more convenient to steam on to
Trondhjem by the ‘Arcturus,’ and let the yacht follow
and pick them up there, than to go on board at
once at Bergen; and one or two others discovered
that their salmon rivers could be more easily
reached from Trondhjem than from Bergen. These
happened to be young gentlemen, but their
attention to the young ladies was so courteous and
respectful, that even the stern pro-tempore papa
and vigilant governess could only be amused, and
secretly approve the good taste which prompted
their admiration.
We also walked up the rich valley of the Nid
to the falls of that river, the Lerfoss or Lerfossen.
(The termination en is the definite article placed
at the end of the word, instead of before it as in
English.) The lower fall, the Lille Lerfoss,
about 3½ miles from the city, is about 80 feet
high and 120 feet wide, and the upper fall, the
Store Lerfoss, a mile beyond, is about 100 feet
high and 450 feet wide. We saw them both to
full advantage, the river being swollen by the
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