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FISHING IN NORWAY. 



CHAPTER IX. 



FROM DRONTHEIM TO THE NORTH CAPE. 



Mild Climate of the Norwegian Coast. Its Causes. The Norwegian Peasant, Norwegian Constitution. 

 Romantic coast Scenery. Drontheim. Greiffenfeld Holme and Vare. The Sea-eagle. The Herring- 

 fisheries. The Lofoten Islands. The Cod-fisheries. Wretched Condition of the Fishermen. Tromso- 

 Altenfiord. The Copper Mines. Hammerfest the most northern Town in the World. The North 

 Cape. 



F all the lands situated either within or near the Arctic Circle none enjoys 

 a more temperate climate than the Norwegian coast. Here, and nowhere 

 else throughout the northern world, the birch and the fir-tree climb the mount- 

 ain-slopes to a height of 700 or 800 feet above the level of the sea, as far as the 



