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jhem. The appearance of the old Capital is not so picturesque 

 as that of Bergen, but still distinctly fine. The country behind 

 is of a more open character, and the hills about are on a smaller 

 scale. The streets of Throndjhem are broad and somewhat 

 roughly paved, in many parts with cobble stones. There are a 

 number of good shops and fine looking hotels and public build- 

 ings, for the most part built of wood. The stumpy and un- 

 beautiful tower of the Cathedral is a land mark in the town. 

 The Cathedral itself is being very beautifully restored, but lack 

 of funds retards its progress. A pleasant di^ve of some five miles 

 through a rich and well-cultivated tract of land brought some of 

 us to the Laerdal Foss. The water is broken m its descent by 

 several masses of rock, and a great deal of spray is thrown up. 

 The fertility and high state of cultivation of the soil in this 

 neighbourhood, and the genial nature of the weather so late as 

 the 29th August made it difficult to realize that Throndjhem is 

 in the same latitude as the southernmost town in Iceland. We 

 anchored at night in the same place as the previous evening. 

 The following morning we entered the Geiranger Fiord. For 

 several hours the scenery was comparatively tame, but on enter- 

 ing the gorge — for so it may be termed — leading to Merak it 

 became most impressive. The weather contributed to make the 

 scenery more awesome. It was gloomy and occasionally showery. 

 The height of the mountains on every side rising abruptly from 

 the water, the number of waterfalls leaping from the rocks above, 

 these rocks often assuming most fantastic shapes, conduced to 

 make this Fiord famous for its wild grandeur. We did not land 

 at the hamlet of Merak as no anchorage is obtainable owing to 

 the immense depth of the water. The St. Sunniva now turned 

 southward, and the day following, about ten o'clock a.m., we 

 again found ourselves in Bergen. Some of us visited Fantoft 

 Church, about four miles distant, built of wood, and somewhat 

 resembling a Chinese Pagoda. Anchor was weighed about six 

 o'clock, and in a very severe storm of thunder and lightning we 

 quitted the chief port of Gamle Norge, arriving at Aberdeen 

 about four o'clock the following day without further incident. 



SOME LANCASHIRE LEGENDS. 



By W. S. WEEKS, F.R.Hist.S. February 28th, 1888. 



The collection and comparison of the popular legends of vari- 

 ous localities shows us the same story, in more or less varying 

 forms, continually cropping up in widely different parts of the 

 world. As Mr. Baring-Gould well observes, " every popular tale 



