LETTER, XII. 
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THRONDHJEM—HARALD HAARFAGER—KING HACON’s LAST BATTLE— 
OLAF TRYGGYESSON—THE “ LONG SERPENT”—ST. OLAYE—THORMOD 
THE SCALD—THE JARL OF LADE — THE CATHEDRAL — HARALD 
HARDRADA—THE BATTLE OF STANFORD BRIDGE—A NORSE BALL— 
ODIN AND PALADINS. 
Off Munkholm, Aug. 27th, 1856. 
Throndhjem (pronounced Tronyem) looked very pretty 
and picturesque, with its red-roofed wooden houses 
sparkling in the sunshine, its many windows filled with 
flowers, its bright fiord covered with vessels gaily dressed 
in flags, in honour of the Crown Prince’s first visit to the 
ancient capital of the Norwegian realm. Tall pretentious 
warehouses crowded down to the water’s edge, like 
bullies at a public show elbowing to the foremost rank; 
orderly streets stretched in quiet rows at right angles 
with each other, and pretty villas with green cinctures 
sloped away towards the hills. In the midst rose the 
king’s palace, the largest wooden edifice in Europe; 
