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take up gun or rifle when an opportunity occurs, 

 or collect specimens of wild flowers and ferns when 

 they can find them, I have added for their especial 

 benefit, under the title of 'Botanical Rambles on the 

 Dovre Fjeld,' (with the permission of the late talented 

 Professor of Botany, Herr Blytt,) a list of the Alpine 



Flora that may be found growing there, together with 







some tours which will be the most likely to repay the 



trouble of the collector ; and have also given a short 

 account of the ferns of Norway, which latter I am glad 

 to see Mr. Bennett is bringing before the notice of the 

 English public in a very practical way. 



In conclusion, I would only add that I can insure 

 the authenticity of all that is herein stated, and that it 

 has been my great object to avoid drawing too bright a 

 picture of the resources the Fjelds, Forests, andEiversof 

 the country are capable of affording.* 



* The Author will be much obliged for any corrections or altera- 

 tions which personal experience may suggest. 



