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Christiania, the capital of Norway, where we Avere met by a representr^- 

 tive of the Thing valhi Steanisliip Liue and by a friend of mine, who 

 had been sent to me by Mr. Magnus Andersen, the editor of the Norsk 

 Sjofartstidende. These gentlemen were of great help both to me and to 

 the Lapps. IJnriug our stay in Christiania we were all, with the excep- 

 tion of the dogs, examined by a physician and pronounced well. Cages 

 were bought for the dogs, and all our baggage was weighed and checked. 

 We also i)rocured tin cups and other necessary things for the journey, 

 and half an hour before the time of sailing we were all on board the 

 ship, ready, with about two hundred other passengers and emigrants, to 

 sail for the New World. 



On the 26th of Ai^ril, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the T]iiugV9,lla 

 ship Island, Captain Schjott commanding, steamed out of Christiania 

 Harbor with the first company of Lapp emigrants on board. We had 

 fine weather, and after an hour's sail we met another steamer of the 

 same line coming from New York. The two ships exchanged greetings, 

 and our vessel proceeded to Christiansand, where we arrived on the 

 morning of the next day. Here we received the uuril and a few more 

 passengers for New York. In the course of the forenoon 1 here had an 

 opportunity of sending a last greeting, together with letters, to our 

 friends, and at 12 o'clock noon we proceeded into the North Sea. 



Perhaps this would be the best place to express my thanks to many 

 l^rominent men in Norway who were of great help to me on various 

 occasions. I am under special obligations to the United States consul 

 in Bergen, Mr. Gade; to the commercial house of Fedderseu & Nissen, 

 at Hammerfest; to Lensmand H. C. Borchgrevinck, at Alten, and to 

 Capt. Magnus Andersen, the well-known successful commander of the 

 Vikmg across the Atlantic. It will be remembered that Captain Ander- 

 sen brought the ViMny ship to the Columbian Exposition, in Chicago, 

 and that he is the editor of the Norsk Sjofartstidende, in Christiania. 

 All these gentlemen aided me materially in bringing my mission to a 

 rapid and successful close. 



We crossed the Atlantic slowly but safely. The Lapps were not sea- 

 sick, but a couple of the women were slightly indisposed. On the other 

 hand, the dogs suffered considerably, not only from seasickness but 

 also on account of the warm atmosphere of the ship. Two of them 

 were very sick for a couple of days, and one died and was buried in the 

 largest of all graveyards, the Atlantic Ocean, on the 10th of May, at 8 

 o'clock in the forenoon. Captain Schjott gave our quadrupeds the lib- 

 erty of the deck a few hours every day, and was very acconnnodating 

 in every way. When we arrived in New York on the 12th of May, he 

 placed us under special obligations by his willingness to serve us in 

 every way i)ossible. 



In New Y'ork I expected to meet a gentleman who was to assume the 

 care of the Lapps to San Francisco, Cal., but circumstances prevented 

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