248 Angling Travels in Norway. 



Upon an expedition such as this it is scarcely fair 

 to dictate to one's partner as to his choice of provisions, 

 })ut I believe that upon future occasions I should feel 

 it but consistent with a sense of duty to emphatically 

 bar onions, for the simple reason that a single knife 

 is used to prepare all articles for the pot, and the 

 consequence is that the same flavour will l)e apparent 

 in all your food, not that I am unduly prejudiced 

 against the succulent bulb, but I think it possible, now 

 and again, to dispense with its attractions. 



After a good middag we repaired to the fjord boat 

 and paid the boatman for bringing the pet provisions on 

 board, and away we sailed at 3 p.m. on Monday for 

 what we understood at the time to be a journey of 

 six hours to Rognan, but here our calculations were 

 much at fault, for although the distance direct is only 

 about seventy miles, the boat crosses and re-crosses the 

 fjord so many times for the collection and delivery of 

 the mails, passengers, and goods, that she only arrives 

 at Kognan at 6 a.m. the following morning. 



The boat was crowded, and as the atmosphere of 

 the saloon bore the true Norsk flavour, we decided to 

 pass the night in the smoking-saloon, a chamber of 

 about 9 feet by 6 feet. 



For many miles the fjord is bordered by prosperous- 

 looking farms, and we learnt that the land was good and 



