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Norwegian Government, the Storthing, and the Superior Courts. The 
principal buildings are the Palace, the Castle, Augershugs, the Library 
with 120,000 volumes, the Military Academy, the University, the 
Houses of Parliament, the Custom House, the Hospital, and the 
Cathedral. Frogner Sceteren, five miles distant, should not be omitted 
by the visitor, It is a chalet N.W. from Christiania 1,600 feet above 
the sea level, a beautiful drive through a large and dark forest by a 
road built at heavy cost by the proprietor. In clear weather the 
snow-capped mountains of Valdens and Tellemarken to the west are 
visible, whilst to the east the view extends to the frontiers of Sweden. 
The Viking Ship at Christiania must not be forgotten. Itis an 
especial object of interest, and was discovered at Mydan 8. Jutland in 
1863. It is built of oak, propulsion being by 14 oars on each side. Its 
length is 80 feet, width at broadest part 11 feet, and the oars are nearly 
12 feet in length and supposed to be 1,000 years old. 
A visit was paid to the Museum, Storthing, &c., and then the 
“Ceylon” left for the Hardanger fiord, an inland sea lake, with its 
numerous arms and branches penetrating far into land, presenting many 
of the grandest and most characteristic features of Norwegian scenery. 
It is separated from the Siogne fiord by ranges of mountains with small 
short fiords ruuning up between them. It is a great contrast to the 
grandeur of the Siogne fiord with its waterfalls and cascades plunging 
down the mountains. As at the foot of the overhanging glaciers, the 
hills are covered with woods and orchards, presenting a richness of 
foliage rarely seen in other parts of the country. At the entrance of 
the Hardanger fiord on the right is Rosendal, a small town surrounded 
by beautiful scenery, and possessing a fine old church of the early 
English style, having near it the baronial house of Rosendal, one 
of the few manorial houses now remaining in Norway, and belongs to 
the Rosenkrone family. Behind Rosendal stands in all its grandeur 
the Melderskin rising to the height of 4,550 feet, and at its base is a 
large tract of cultivated land. 
The “Ceylon ” for the night anchored at Odde, the southernmost part 
of the Sér fiord—a branch of the Hardanger fiord. This sheet of water 
is about 25 miles in length, and varies in breadth from one mile to a 
few hundred yards. It runs nearly north and south, and is separated 
from the main fiord by a mountain range crowned by the snow fields 
and glaciers of Folgefonn. 
