GENERAL FEATURES OF THE COUNTRY. 3 



It is now some years since I visited Norway arid 

 Sweden ; but I still keep up communication with friends 

 interested in forestry in both countries. I was at that 

 time going to St. Petersburg to preach in the British and 

 American chapel, while the minister sought a little 

 relaxation at home. I commenced my ministry in that 

 city. I had frequently acted in like manner as the locum 

 tenens of others, my successors, there. On most occasions 

 of my doing so I have made the journey by different 

 routes ; and on several of these I have given attention to 

 the forestry of the countries through which I passed. By 

 a desire to see something of the forests and forestry of 

 Norway and Sweden, my route on this occasion was 

 determined. 



I sailed from Leith for Copenhagen. We had a rough 

 passage across the German Ocean. We reached Christian- 

 sand at six o'clock in the morning ; and I determined to 

 disembark. A steamer for Christiania had sailed shortly 

 before our arrival, but there was another in port which 

 was to sail the following morning, and thus I had the day 

 at my disposal. I walked first to the cemetery, and after 

 breakfast, returning thither, I rambled about on the Lovers' 

 Walk a walk adjacent, extending over miles of well-kept 

 footpaths, winding about interminably upon rocks and 

 rising ground to the left of the land as you approach by 

 sea ; and I found some of the views of the fiord, and cf 

 adjacent fiords, dotted with islands, exceedingly beautiful. 

 After dinner I took a sail by a small steamer up the 

 Torristal river, returning by seven P.M. This little voyage, 

 a similar one up the Topptal river, and one which would 

 have taken me out in the fiords, were all recommended to 

 me. My choice was made capriciously. I believe, from 

 what I was told, that I would have found either of the 

 others equally pleasant, but different. I found my morning 

 ramble and my afternoon trip together a good preparation 

 for visiting more extensively the beautiful and romantic 

 scenery of Norway. 



On my return voyage on the Torristal river I met with 



