WINDS. 101 
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 Andenzs, 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 
re 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 
furce 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 
Christainia. 
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 
