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inclined to think that they will be favourably received 
by many good and true men, whose knowledge of sport 
in Norway has hitherto been too vague and limited to 
justify them in incurring the expense and trouble of 
a trip there. Let me, however, seize an early opportu- 
nity of warning my readers against forming too exalted 
notions of the sport a visit to Norway may be likely to 
afford them, as a great deal of disappointment may thus 
be saved. 
Tn a word, no “ pot-hunter” should go to Norway. 
On the other hand, if a man delights in glorious 
scenery, if the fresh mountain air and the free life form 
the principal charm, and he can be contented with a 
fair amount of sport, and will not grumble if ‘the 
water is in bad condition,” or all the ryper gone to 
anywhere else but where he happens to be, then I 
think a trip to Norway will do him incalculable good 
both in body and in mind. 
By the permission of my friend Dr. Schiibeler, of the 
Botanical Gardens at Christiania, I am enabled to give 
my readers a short account of the “‘ Vegetable Pro- 
ductions of Norway.” And as many of those tourists 
who visit Norway have no one especial object parti- 
cularly in view, but who fish a little when they can, 
