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o Norway and the Norwegians 



We see fields of rye waving before us (and this may 

 remind the historian of another story of King OLaf the 

 Saint). Then gradually we ascend into the deep pine- 

 woods ; and at last, by a steep but well-made road, 

 we reach tlie plateau on which runs the dividing line 

 between Norway and Sweden. If we continue our 

 walk we should find ourselves in Jemteland, another 

 district which figures often in early Norse history. It 

 is now a district of Sweden. The lartre farms on the 



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route afford us hospitality. There are no inns. 



Of quite recent years a railway has been made taking 

 rather a different route ; and it may be presumed the 

 road is very much less used now than it formerly was. 



