NORWAY. 



CHAPTER I. 



THS LAND. 



DO you wish your lungs to expand, your eyes to dilate, 

 your muscles to spring, and your spirits to leap ? 

 then come to Norway ! I repeat it be you man or 

 woman, grave or gay ; if you ever indulge in lofty aspi- 

 rations, in bold contemplations, in desperate imaginings 

 come to Norway, and you will receive much satisfaction, 

 I assure you. 



Are you a man ? You will find subject and occasion 

 for your manhood. Are you a woman ? You will find 

 yourself at the fountain-head of the sublime and beautiful. 

 Are you scientific ? The- rocks are bold and bare the 

 flora rich and varied. Birds and beasts of many kinds 

 there are ; glaciers, too, miles and miles of them, filling up 

 the valleys, and covering the mountain tops awaiting the 



