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followed us with it nearly the whole way. Alas ! how- 

 ever, the handle was snapped off, and the screw had 

 got a jamb. By dint of strong tying on the latter was 

 repaired after a fashion, and with oil the screw was im- 

 proved. It will yet serve its turn, we believe. 

 Our drive to-day was thirty-eight English miles. 



May 16. 



Tuesday, the 16th of May, was a very cold day, with 

 snow showers. We had slept well at Fagernaes, and at 

 9 a.m. started again for another long journey. At 

 Fagernaes we saw a Dipper and an Eagle, which we 

 thought might be the Golden. The road continued 

 along the Strande Fjord, amid beautiful scenery, and past 

 a fine waterfall, though of no great height, and so on to 

 Bien. About three and a half English miles from Eien 

 we stopped to call upon Herr Dr. Printz, at Slidre. He 

 did not speak English, but his daughter did, and we 

 succeeded in getting a good deal of information from him. 

 He also promised us some eggs of his collecting when 

 we returned from the west coast. He showed us eggs 

 of Gecinus canus and Coturnix communis, the latter 

 rare here. 



He told us that a jagerman had gone out this morning 

 to shoot a Bear which had been marked down in the 

 hills. What a pity w r e were not a day sooner, we might 

 have seen some fun. 



Thence we went on to Ste through a good Woodpecker 

 country, as we saw many holes. 



We had meant to sleep at Ste, but the good woman 

 was ill ; so we dined on eggs, bread, omelette, and milk, 

 changed horses, and went on by Piloe to Thune. 



From Ste the valley narrowed, and the great giant tops 

 of the Fjeld reared their snow T -covered heads before us. A 

 bitter cold blast laden with snow swept down the glen in 



