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THE POLAR WORLD. 



II 



FISHING IN NOKWAY. 



CHAPTER IX. 



FROM DEONTHEIM TO THE NORTH CAPE. 



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

 Romantic coast Scenerj'.— Drontheim. — Greiffenfeld Holme and Vare.— The Sea-eagle.— The Heirmg- 

 fisheries.— TheLofoten Islands.— The Cod-fisheries.— "Wretched Condition of the Fishermen.— Tromso- 

 — Altenfiord.— The Copper Mines. — Hammerfest the most northern Town in the World.— The Nortli 

 Cape. 



OF 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 



