OUR NEIGHBOURS 



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indicate a superior culture and style of living to 

 that of the present inhabitants of the valley. 

 Over a doorway on the landing is a coat of 

 arms, a rare ornament in democratic Norway. 



The Norwegian owner of the property lives 

 in a small house close by, and his farm 

 buildings and yard such a spick-and-span farm- 

 yard as is never seen out of Norway lie 

 beyond. 



The house looks north-west across a meadow 

 to the mouth of the river and the head of 



