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At a later period, when the spirit of the age became 

 changed, the former manner of living altered too ; but 

 not even then did the sea become a less important 

 means of national prosperity than before. On the 

 contrary, its extensive fisheries along the western coast, 

 added to the increasing commerce which year by year 

 augmented, and is augmenting still, have proved to the 

 country an inexhaustible mine of comparative wealth.* 



The Norwegian has an innate love for commerce; 

 while a hardier, more daring sailor than the Norwegian 

 fisherman cannot possibly be found. 



The Scandinavian now-a-days, as before, often 

 wanders far away from his native land ; but that love 

 for the home of his birth, which is so exquisitely 

 expressed in the words of King Harald : " Jeg sporger 

 de smaa Fugler hver en Morgen, som flyve did vil 

 I vel hilse Dovre fra Harald Harderaade,"t has by no 

 means died out, and the recollection of the noble hills 

 and grand valleys of "gamle Norge" never fails to 

 touch a chord in his heart, so as often to excite the 

 astonishment of the foreigner.]: 



* Next to England and France, the mercantile navy of Norway is 

 greater than that of any other European country. 



f " I ask the small birds every morning as they fly thither 'Will 

 ye salute Dovre from Harald Harderaade ?" 



A portion of the above remarks has been collated from a work 

 by Dr. Schiibeler, Conservator of the Botanical Gardens at Chris- 

 tiania, entitled 'Die Cultur pflanzen Norwegens.' For a further 

 account of this work the reader is referred to a review which I wrote 

 for the April number of * The Journal of Botany, British and 



