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Norway. Many tourists, nowadays, annually visit the 

 Land of the Vikings some to gratify their taste for the 

 picturesque, which that delightful country of fjord, fos, 

 and fjeld affords ; others to avail themselves of the privilege 

 of " wetting a line" in its numberless lakes and rivers. 

 For the benefit of these latter, and especially for those 

 who for the first time cross the North Sea in search of 

 angling sport, the following hints may prove acceptable, not 

 only to assist them in finding suitable fishing quarters, but 

 to point out the best means of reaching these; also informa- 

 tion as to charges for travelling by road, rail, and steamer, 

 language, currency of the country, best guide books, 

 together with a list of fishing rods, tackle, flies, &c., with 

 which they ought to provide themselves. Cost and best 

 means to reach Norway : There are two recognised lines 

 of steamers plying between the United Kingdom and 

 Norway, entirely devoted to passenger traffic. One is the 

 Wilson line of steamers, sailing on different days from Hull 

 and landing passengers either at Stavanger or Bergen. 

 Single fares, including meals, are 4 ; return fares, 6. 

 This line also has steamers running to Christiansand and 

 Christiania. Single fares to these places are 4 ; return 

 fares, 6 ; victualling, six shillings and sixpence per day 

 extra. The other is the Halvorsen line. This firm has 

 two fine steamers. One is named the " Norge," which 

 carries seventy first class passengers, leaving Newcastle-on- 

 Tyne every Thursday evening at five o'clock. Single fares, 

 meals and steward's fee, 3 ; return fares, 5. The other 

 vessel is the new and now celebrated " Britannia." This 

 steamer is luxuriously fitted, and for comfort is without 

 doubt the finest afloat. It carries one hundred and fifty 

 first class passengers, and has a speed of sixteen knots an 



