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hotel at Odde iu good time for dinner. After having dined 

 comfortably in Norwegian fashion, we spent a very agreeable 

 night in Prsestegaard's Hotel. 



Saturday, I'Stli August. — We left Odde this morning at 

 7 A.M. with the steamer for Eide — a small village at the end 

 of Graven Fjord, another branch of the Hardanger Fjord. 

 We had an excellent breakfast on board this local steamer. 

 We spent the day botanising the neighbourhood of Eide. 

 We saw Woodsia ilveTisis growing on all the rocks around 

 the village. We found many good jilants, including Ranun- 

 culus rcptans, Linn., Actma spicata, Linn., in beautiful fruit ; 

 Nasturtium amphihium, E. Br. ; Arabis perfoliata, Lamck. ; 

 Tilia parvifolia, Ehrh , quite wild ; Impaticns Noli-me-tangerc, 

 Linn. ; Rhamnus Frangula, Linn. ; Potentilla maculata, Power ; 

 Seduyn alhu7n,\imn.; Circcea alpina^lAxin.', Carum Carui,JAn-n., 

 truly indigenous and very abundant ; Angelica Archangelica, 

 Linn.; Cornus suecica,JAm\.:, Viburnum Opulus,hmn. ; Arctium 

 La2)pa, Linn. ; Lactuca, muralis, Fresen. ; Campanula latifolia, 

 Linn. ; Pyrola minor, Linn. ; Lysimachia vulgaris, Linn. ; 

 Verhascuin Thapsus, Linn. ; Bartsia alpina, Linn. ; Maian- 

 themum Convallaria, Roth ; Paris quadrifolia, Linn. ; As- 

 plenium septentrionale, Hull; Struthiopteris germanica, Willd. ; 

 and Isoetes echinospora, Dur. 



We were never far from the village, but we were particularly 

 impressed with the luxuriance of the alpine vegetation. In 

 an open wood, about one mile above the village, we saw acres 

 covered with Vaccinium Myrtillus, V. Vitis-Idma, V. idigin- 

 osum, Cornus suecica, Actcea spicata, and all richly clad with 

 ripe fruit. This was a sight such as none of us had ever 

 seen previously, and which none of us will ever forget. 



After a pleasant and most successful day we returned to 

 our hotel for dinner, and at 8 p.m. we left with the steamer 

 for Vik in Eidfjord, which we reached about 10 p.m. Here 

 we were comfortably entertained in the hotel kept by the 

 brothers Neishem, both of whom were very intelligent, and 

 spoke English well. Beds were reserved for our party, 

 having been engaged before we left Scotland. 



Vik is a small village at the head of Eidfjord. This was 

 our principal quarters during our stay iu Norway. 



Monday, l^th August. — Our excursion was to the V0ringfos, 

 one of the finest waterfalls in Europe. The waters come 



