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the south- west and the south-east ; on the Dovrefjeld, the 

 south ; at Folden, the south-east ; at the Lofoden islands, 

 the west-south-west; at Andenaes, the south-south-east; 

 at Vardo, the south-west. In other words, the dominant 

 winds follow the direction of the coast, keeping the land 

 on the right hand. 



The tendency of the winds to go along the course is so 

 strong that in both seasons there are twice as many winds 

 blowing along the shore as against it. This preponderating 

 influence on the coast seems to lose itself pretty rapidly 

 as the landward distance from the shore increases ; and 

 tabulated observations at Utsire, 59 18' N.E. Geenwich, 

 and at the outer-lying Lofoden islands, show that the 

 winds there blow so equably in all directions that none 

 have a marked preponderance. In other stations, on the 

 contrary, it is easy to indicate the normal direction of the 

 wind. , 



The force of the wind is much more considerable on 

 the coast than in the interior of the country. On the 

 coasts of Finmark, at the Lofoden islands, and at Utsire 

 that is to say, at the places most exposed to sea winds, the 

 force of the wind has its maximum. The mean force of 

 the wind there amounts to that of a pretty strong breeze ; 

 in the interior of the country, on the contrary, it scarcely 

 amounts to that of a very gentle wind. At Bergen, and 

 on the coast of the Skagerack, the wind has the force of 

 a moderate breeze. At Skudesnaes the wind blows 

 with a mean force three times that experienced at 

 Ghristainia. 



It is in winter that winds on the coast attain their 

 greatest force, and that calms are least frequent, while 

 during that season the feeblest winds and calms prevail in 

 the interior of the country. In summer it is exactly the 

 reverse. At this season calms on the coast are most 

 frequent, and the winds are weakest; while in the 

 interior, provided always the distance from the sea be 

 not too great, the winds are strongest and calms the most 

 rare. The difference in the force of the wind in summer 



