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they incidentally stated yielded about 1000 lbs. in an 

 average year. The rocky hills and mountains rising from 

 the fjords in the neighbourhood of Trondhjem are mostly 

 round in form, and give the sterile coast an undulating 

 appearance ; but this entirely changes as Bod^ is ap- 

 proached, for a series of clustering mountains cleave the 

 sky with their peaks and crags, which in shape resemble 

 the teeth of a saw, and the entire coast assumes a sterner 



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aspect ; in fact, Nordland differs greatly from more 

 southern Norway. I suppose either the Glacial Period or 

 the Gulf Stream is the reason — they are held accountable 

 for many such peculiarities. 



We arrived at Bod^ at 1 p.m. Monday, and were 

 surprised to find so many vessels in the roads ; but, in 

 addition to the large fishing fleet, it appears that all 



