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THE POLAR WORLD. 





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FlbHING IK NORWAY. 



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.— GreiflTenfeld Holme and Vare.— Tiie Sea-eagle. — The Herring- 

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

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

 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 VOO or 800 feet above the level of the sea, as far as the 



