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for what was in store ; for the " Festival Committee " had been 

 very busy the previous day. Punctually at 11 o'clock the vari- 

 ous corporations assembled under their flags and insignia, and 

 were assigned their position in the grand procession. I marched 

 at the head with the Norwegian flag. Next came Scott-Hansen 

 with the Fravi s pennant, and then followed Mogstad with the 

 banner of the Meteorological Department, richh' bedecked with 

 "cyclonic centres" and "prospects of fair weather." He was 

 seated on a box covered with bearskin placed on a sledge drawn 

 by seven dogs, the banner waving behind him on a pole rigged 

 as a mast. Amundsen was No. 4, bearing a demonstration 

 banner in favor of " the Pure Flag," and he was followed by 

 his esquire, Nordahl, on snow-shoes with a spear in his hand 

 and a rifle slung on his back. The flag showed on the red 

 ground a picture of an old Norwegian warrior breaking his 

 spear over his knee, with the inscription " Onward ! Onward ! 

 [Fram ! Fram !], ye Norseman ! Your own flag in your own 

 land. What we do we do for Norway." Fifth in the proces- 

 sion came the mate, with the Norwegian arms on a red back- 

 ground, and sixth was Petterscn with the flag of the Mechanical 

 Department. Last came the " Band," represented by Bentzen 

 with an accordion. The procession was followed by the public 

 dressed in their best — viz., the doctor, Juell, and Henriksen in 

 picturesque confusion. 



To the waving of banners and strains of music the proces- 

 sion wended its way past the corner of the University (viz., the 

 /v7?;//), down "Karl Johan's Street" and "Church Street" (a 

 road laid out by Scott-Hansen for the occasion across the rift in 

 front and the pressure-ridge), past Engebret's (the depot on the 

 ice), and then wheeled round to the " Fortification Parade""''^ 

 (viz., the top of the great hummock), where it stopped and faced 

 round with flags erect. 



There I called for cheers in honor of the festive occasion, 

 in response to which there rose a ninefold hurrah from the 

 densely packed multitude. 



* These are well-known localities in Christiania, Engebret's being a 

 restaurant. 



