120 



THE POLAR WORLD. 



PISHING IN NORWAY. 



CHAPTER IX. 



FROM DRONTHELM TO THE NORTH CAPE. 



Mild Climate of the Norwegian Coast.— Its Causes.— The Norwegian Peasant.— Norwegian Constitution.— 

 Romantic coast Scenery.— Drontheim.—GreifTeiifekl Holme and Tare. —The Sea-caglc.— Tiic Herring- 

 fisheries.— The Lofoten Islands.— The Cod-fisherips.—Wretthed Condition of the Fishermen.— Tromso- 

 — Altenfioid.— The Copper Mines.— Hammerfest the most northern Town in the World.— The North 

 Cape. 



/^F all the lands situated either within or near the Arctic Circle none enjoys 

 ^^ a more temperate climate than the Norwegian coast. Here, and nowhere 

 else throughout the northern world, the birch and the fir-tree climb the mount- 

 ain-slopes to a height of TOO or 800 feet above the level of the sea, as far as the 



