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rooms of Scandinavia with a stuffy and smelly heat 

 dear to the natives, and to enjoy the cheerful blaze 

 which so vividly reminds us of home. With proper 

 care and precaution no danger need be incurred, but 

 where houses are constructed of resinous pine logs 

 and planks the risk of fire must always be consider- 

 able, as the total destruction of many towns and 

 villages, of which that of Aalsund is the latest 

 example, brings home to every tourist and visitor. 

 It does not, however, take long for a new Phoenix to 

 arise to take the place of the old. Fortunately in the 

 case of Hvilested the fishing party found another un- 

 occupied and commodious house, formerly the summer 

 quarters of a Mr. Cochran, within a hundred yards, 

 and their holiday was scarcely interrupted by their 

 unfortunate experience. 



