GENERAL FEATURES OF THE COUNTRY. 3 
It is now some years since I visited Norway and 
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 
