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NORWAY. 



in the bright blue sky ; the water is flat as a mill-pond 

 clear as a sheet of crystal. Sky-piercing mountains sur- 

 round you, islands are scattered everywhere, but no niain- 



AMONG THE ISLANDS. 



land is visible ; yet much of what you see appears to be 

 mainland, for the mountains are islands and the island? 

 are mountains. Indeed it is almost impossible to tel' 



