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CHAPTEE VII. 



THE VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONS OF NORWAY. 



IF Norway offers peculiar advantages to the sportsman, 

 so also does it present many interesting phenomena 

 well worthy of attention as regards its vegetable 

 products. 



Before, however, discussing these, I purpose to lay 

 before the reader a brief geographical description of this 

 part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. 



Norway lies between kt. 58 and kt. 71, and its 

 greatest length from Cape Lindesnaes to the North 

 Cape is about 900 miles, a distance equivalent to that 

 between London and Gibraltar. 



Its superficial area may be estimated at about 

 121,800 square miles, half of which lies at an altitude 

 of more than 2,000 feet above the sea-level, while 

 about 3,200 square miles are within the limit of 

 perpetual snow.* 



* The snow limit under the following latitudes may be thus 

 placed : 



Under latitude 61 .. Sulutind .. 5.500 feet. 



62 J .. Dovre .. .. 5,400 



,, 70 .. N. Cape .. 2,400 



