A JOURNEY TO FINMARK. 7 



mountain slopes, towards which we turned our steps, are only 

 used as pasturage for cattle. Except a few Elachista larvae 

 we found here very little, and tow^ards noon the rain again 

 pouring down (quite normal at Bergen), compelled us to 

 return to our steamboat. 



At mid-day of IVIay 13th, we arrived at Throndhjem, where 

 ^s'e left the Hakon Jarl, since from this point a new steam- 

 boat line to Hammerfest begins. Throndhjem makes a very 

 favourable impression with its delicate wooden-painted houses, 

 which stand in broad straight rows of streets, to which the 

 venerable cathedi-al, standing in the background, and un- 

 fortunately to a considei-able extent destroyed, forms a re- 

 markable contrast. The neighbourhood of this town consists 

 in a great j)art of fertile arable land, on which at that time 

 the coltsfoot (Tussilago fai'fara) was blossoming in great 

 plenty. Only a few uncultivated masses of rock show them- 

 selves above the otherwise \eYy hilly ground. On the 14th 

 of May we made an excursion towards the Leerfossen at some 

 hours' distance; this is a beautiful waterfall of the Nidelv, at 

 the mouth of v.'hich Throndhjem is situated. On the way, 

 we found on a hill, covered with alders, a number of Elachuta 

 larvae. On one side of the Nidelv was a rather thick fir wood ; 

 on the other were principally alders, but likewise willows, 

 aspens and Prunns padus ; some indeed of the last named 

 trees of such a height and thickness as I had never before 

 seen. Hybernated specimens of Vanessa Urticce flew about 

 not uncommonly. On the next day we made an excursion 

 along the old and new roads to Christiania, where we ob- 

 served some apparently favourable localities for Lepidoptera, 

 but it was yet much too early for them. 



On the 16th of May, we quitted Throndhjem by the 

 government steamer "Eger" (the northern ^olus), which 

 was commanded by the agreeable naval officer Captain Lous, 



