BERGEN TO TROM SO 7 



There was a good deal to be done in Bergen, for I 

 had purposely left over several things which could be 

 better had in that port. But at half past four in the 

 afternoon we took on our pilot, one Knutsen (and an 

 excellent man, if you should want one), and headed up 

 the fjords. 



June ^th. — The next day we had, to begin with, a 

 very pleasant time ; for the wind, though northerly, 

 was light, and the day was very clear. We had the 

 tow-net out for a long while, but these waters were 

 strangely unprolific, yielding but a single capture — a 

 polychcete worm. 



We unintentionally lost a little way ; for Knutsen the 

 pilot took us up the Royde and Vartdals fjords under 

 the impression, as he explained, that we were tourists 

 come to see the sights. So that at noon we found 

 ourselves off Hioring Point, and had to stand out again, 

 passing north-west by Quite Ness, and up the long Harr 

 Fjord. Here we met a strong head wind, the Saxon 

 pitching badly and shipping so much water that we had 

 to batten down. 



On this evening the sun set at 9.38, but it was light 

 enough all ni^ht for reading on deck. 



To-day, besides the kittiwakes, lesser blackbacks and 

 common terns, which had been our principal attendants, 

 we came well among the common eiders. On an island 

 off Stadtland (famous for seals) there were a great 



