6 DAN MEINERTZHAGEN'S DIARY. 



March joth. We went to the Hancock 

 Museum in this town, and I don't think I've ever 

 been fascinated so much by stuffed birds as I 

 have been to-day. The Falcons were particu- 

 larly good. We also saw there the collection of 

 Bewick's wood-cuts, and some original draw- 

 ings by him. The boat leaves from North 

 Shields at six o'clock in the afternoon. 



April ist. Arrived in Bergen this morning 

 in beautiful weather, but after a rough passage, 

 very hungry, since we both had eaten nothing 

 after leaving Shields ; and what Iwe ate there 

 didn't last us long. I don't think I ever had 

 a worse 36 hours in my life. Bergen is a large 

 town, larger than Trondhjem, but I don't like 

 the shops so much. We listened to the music 

 in the gardens there for the greater part of 

 the morning. We saw the first Eider Ducks 

 coming up the fiord. In the evening we 

 went to the Eldorado Music Hall, and left 

 by the " Olaf Kyrre "a boat in which I had 

 been to Hammerfest two years ago at 12 o'clock 

 at night. 



tApril 2nd. To-day we have both got our 

 sea-legs, but the weatheris beastly, snowing and 

 blowing, and the hills all around Bergen are 

 covered with snow. Passed Aalesund, and 

 in the night, Molde. 



