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stations, and its limit was Hammerfest. Those
who desired to reach the North Cape had to make
the journey from Hammerfest in small open boats
by sailing and rowing.
Now there are several distinct services, the
particulars of which, for 1877, I have given in
Appendix II. These may serve as a general guide
for a few years longer; but those who desire the
latest information on this subject may obtain it
from the ‘Norges Kommunikationer,’ which is
published monthly at Christiania. Copies of this
are usually obtainable from Messrs. Wilson, shippers,
Hull, or from T. Bennett, of Christiania, who
supplies it with his ‘Handbook,’ which is published
annually in June, and contains all the postal
regulations for the forthcoming year, particulars
respecting the stations, &c., and besides these a
vocabulary of the Norsk words used in the
‘Kommunikationer,’ by the aid of which it may be
deciphered. The price of his ‘Handbook’ is, I
believe, one dollar, or 4s. 6d. English.
The route now taken being the same as that
described in the account of my former visit, it
may be supposed that I have nothing further to
say concerning the physical features of this grand
coast. This, however, is not the case, for although
the rocks and mountains themselves remain
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