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came alongside, and onr sailors purchased some
good fresh fish, for which the boatmen Avere quite
satisfied Avith receiving a fcAv English halfpence,
though thejTneAV nothing of their value; but AA'hich
I hope Avould prove of more use to them than our
soA'ereigns did Avheii I Avas at Tronyem last year
with my friend Mr. Rouse.
Standing to the south round the Herr Islands,
Avc approached a reach of the fiord belAA’een Bret-
tiucjncss and TValsetliolm, and here the inclosed
mountains began to assume the appearance of a
more extensive verdure, and many of them Avere
entirely clothed Avith coppice-wood, chiefly of
birch, and Avith pine-trees near the Avater, of
considerable size. Here, also, Ave obseiwed a
great number of eider-ducks and sea-gulls of different
species. As we approached Stadboydens
church, near a point of land called Rodberg, and
Avhen at the distance of about eight miles, we Avere
gratified Avith the sight of our old acquaintance,
the Castle of Munkholm, rising quite alone out of
the blue Avater of the fiord. The town of Tronyem
being situated in a bight of the fiord, is not visible
from Rodberg, and can only be seen Avhen Avithin
a short distance of it.
The Aveather, during the last two days, happened
to be beautiful; and nothing could exceed the pleasure
we all experienced in our passage up this noble
fiord. Several boats Avere sailing about in different
directions, and Ave observed, as Ave passed along, a
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few small vessels at anchor in the several creeks
and inlets of the fiord. The boats appeared to be
all of the same kind as those used by the fishermen,
and similar to those I had been accustomed
to in crossing the various fiords between Bergen
Rnd Tronyem in the course of the preceding
summer. They are aa'cII built, and not ill-shaped
for rowing, and I have reason to believ'e are very
safe.
Norwegian Boat.
TheAvind continuing light, and at intervals dropping
altogether, we did not reach the anchorage off
the toAvn of Tronyem till ten o’clock in the evening,
Avhich Avas then, of course, broad daylight. The
moment we arrived, a visit Avas paid to us by the
quarantine officers, Avho seemed, by their cautious
manner, to be someAvhat alarmed at our approach
to the toAvn, lest we should have brought the cholera
to their shores; and no wonder, since it Avas then
deA'astating Gottenburg, and even Christiania. I
could not, however, forbear smiling at the very ablb