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The following morning we left this for our next destination—Bergen,, 
but our arriving there on a Sunday morning and leaving at midday did 
not afford more than an opportunity of seeing tolerably silent streets and 
the interior of churches, at which the population were at their devotions. 
At 11 p.m. the ship anchored at the Esse fiord, one of the branches of 
the Siogne fiord, under suow-capped mountains. Early the next 
morning a few of the party endeavoured to get at their summits, but did 
not succeed ; others were satisfied with wandering along the shore. 
Here I obtained specimens of the “ Turritella imbricata” from the mud 
adhering to the anchor, and intended them for the museum at the 
Bath Literary Institution, but found better specimens were already there, 
The “ Ceylon ” steamed for some distance on the Sogndal fiord to give the 
visitors the opportunity of viewing the waterfalls and the glaciers 
which were much appreciated. The vessel was then headed for 
Trondjhem (Drontheim). To our great disappointment we were not 
enabled to enter the fiord leading to Drontheim owing to the dense- 
ness of the fog. After waiting two hours and with no chance of its 
clearing, the word was given to go ahead for Tromso. ; 
At 5.30 p.m. we entered the Arctic circle lat. 66 N., 32, or 1408 
geographical miles S. of the Pole. Shortly after the great object of 
our voyage—the Midnight Sun—was seen to perfection, This was off 
the entrance to the Loffoden Islands, and at no great distance from the 
Maelstrom, lat. 67,50. The sun at midnight is always north of the 
observer. It seems to travel round a circle requiring 24 hours for its 
_ completion, it being noon when it reaches its greatest elevation and 
midnight at the lowest. We thread our way through these islands 
which are very numerous, rugged and mountaircus and stretch S.W. 
_ and N.E. for 175 miles. Some of the eminences in Vaagen attain an 
altitude of 4,000ft., and are covered with perpetual snow. It is in 
the neighbourhood of the Loffodens that the millions of cod are 
annually caught, forming the staple article of trade in the towns upon 
the West Coast. 
Troms6, which was next reached, is the capital of Norwegian 
Lapland, and contains about 5,000 inhabitants. The town is pleasingly 
situated on the east side of the island, from which it takes its name, 
There are extensive fisheries along the coast and a lucrative branch of 
industry is thus created. The Cathedral, being the See of a bishop, is a 
neat building of wood. A Lapp Encampment is seen in Tromsdal on the 
