BERGEN TO TROMSO Vi 
There was a good deal to be done in Bergen, for I 
had purposely left over several things which could be 
better had in that port. But at half past four in the 
afternoon we took on our pilot, one Knutsen (and an 
excellent man, if you should want one), and headed up 
the fjords. 
June 5th.—The next day we had, to begin with, a 
very pleasant time; for the wind, though northerly, 
was light, and the day was very clear. We had the 
tow-net out for a long while, but these waters were 
strangely unprolific, yielding but a single capture—a 
polychcete worm. 
We unintentionally lost a little way ; for Knutsen the 
pilot took us up the Royde and Vartdals fjords under 
the impression, as he explained, that we were tourists 
come to see the sights. So that at noon we found 
ourselves off Hioring Point, and had to stand out again, 
passing north-west by Quite Ness, and up the long Harr 
Fjord. Here we met a strong head wind, the Saxox 
pitching badly and shipping so much water that we had 
to batten down. 
On this evening the sun set at 9.38, but it was light 
enough all night for reading on deck. 
To-day, besides the kittiwakes, lesser blackbacks and 
common terns, which had been our principal attendants, 
we came well among the common eiders. On an island 
off Stadtland (famous for seals) there were a great 
