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indeed, this is the unvarying experience of travellers in 

 Norway. They were not, in this fiord, like the poverty- 

 stricken fishermen of the outer islands. They were a 

 civilised, comfortable-looking, apparently well off. and 

 altogether jovial race of people, some of whom took a 

 deep interest in us, and overwhelmed us with kind 

 attentions. 



A NORWEGIAN" CAKKIAGK. 



Their houses, which were built of wood, did not 

 present much appearance of luxury, but there was no 

 lack of all the solid comforts of life. No carpets covered 

 the floors, and no paintings, except a few badly-coloured 

 prints, graced the walls. But there were huge, quaint- 



