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Our departure was next for Gothenburg, where we arrived the 
following morning ; but little of this town was seen by the majority, 
as an object of supposed greater interest was to be found in a visit to 
the Trolhattan Falls, 50 miles distant. These Falls form the outlet 
from Lake Wener ; the stream from thence to Gothenburg taking the 
name of the river Gota. By means of this river, lake and canal, with 
its series of locks, communication is obtained with Stockholm. Two 
steam launches were chartered for this trip. One leaving before the 
other, the start taking place between 11 and 12, and the destination 
reached about 6, wind and stream being against the boats. Those in 
the first launch, consisting of 20 in number, had arranged their party 
before the second was thought of, and went on their own responsibilities, 
No. 2, in which I was, and our party numbering only 13, was fortunate 
in having the creature comforts well considered. Two stewards 
from the ‘‘Ceylon” accompanied the boat with a plentiful supply 
of provisions. We both lunched and dined on board as comfortably 
as we should have done in our temporary home. The Falls are well 
worth seeing, various streams from them being utilised for the purpose 
-of sawing mills. Bridges are thrown across the streams to view the 
Falls at the best advantage, and sundry look-out stations on the river 
banks, one of which embraces a view of lake Wener. 
Owing to the heavy rain we left the neighbourbood of the falls and 
made our way back to the boat at 8.30 p.m., passing many vessels on 
their way to Stockholm, and boarded the “Ceylon” at two o’clock in 
the morning. Two hours afterwards we left for Christiania, the capital 
of Norway. This lies at the head of a fine fiord, 80 miles in length, with 
many towns on either side. The voyage all the way up from the 
entrance of the fiord affords a moving panorama of lake scenery, unique 
in character and of considerable beauty. The Christiania fiord is the 
centre of the so-called Wenham Lake ice trade. The ice comes from 
numberless small lakes scattered about the country near the fiord. It 
is kept free from snow during the winter, the surface marked out into 
squares, cut to the depth of six inches with the plough, and the 
blocks detached with wedges. They are then packed with layers of 
sawdust, to prevent congealing, and then stored. The town of Drobak 
is the principal seat of this trade. The ice from the depots is sent 
down to the wharves by a long series of pine trunk troughs. 
The city of Christiania itself is comparatively modern, the seat of the 
