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A VISIT TO THE NORTH CAPE AND NORWAY. Feb., 1891 . 
was very difficult to realise that we were actually standing within 
1,300 miles distance of the North Pole itself. We collected a 
number of plants in flower on the North Cape. 
47. —A ravine on the west side of the North Cape, where the coast is 
very bold and picturesque in character. This photograph was 
also taken at midnight; and it was found by measurement by an 
actinometer scale that the actinic power of the sun’s rays was as 
great as one-fiftli of its actinic power at midday in this country, 
so that the plate only required exposing five times as long to 
obtain the picture at midnight. 
48. —Lyngen Fjord. On the way back from the North Cape the 
steamer took a two hours’ trip up Lyngen Fjord for the purpose 
of seeing the bold and striking scenery. The mountains along 
the fjord are very bold in character, rising straight up from the 
water ; with numerous glaciers in the ravines, some of them 
reaching the sea. 
49. —Lyngen Fjord. Another ravine,"with snow and glaciers. 
50. —Lyngen Fjord. A further view of rocky peaks, with snow. 
51. —Lyngen Fjord. A vertical rock face. 
52. —Molde,, where we left the steamer, one day’s sail short of Bergen, 
and started on a three weeks’ tour inland. Molde is a very plea¬ 
sant place to stay at, charmingly situated in a sheltered bay, and 
looking out over a number of pretty wooded islands in the fjord 
towards the fine mountain scenery of the Romsdal. This view 
is taken from the front of the hotel, the seats and tables in the 
foreground belonging to the hotel. 
53. —Molde. Main street, with the church in the distance. 
54. —Furrier’s shop, ornamented with reindeer heads. 
55. —Molde church, with a view of the fjord beyond. The church, like 
the Norwegian churches generally, is built entirely of wood—even 
the tower and spire are all wood—and the roof is covered with 
wood shingles for slates. The whole body of the church, with the 
tower and spire, is painted with a variety of delicate shades of 
light brown, drab, and grey, with great taste, and presents a 
very pleasing effect. This applies also, generally, to the Nor¬ 
wegian churches and larger buildings, excepting in country 
places, where they are simply painted white.; or, in the smallest 
places, left plain wood, but very neat and clean. 
56. —Molde pier and warehouses. 
57. —We then left Molde in a small coasting steamer for the Romsdal, 
going up Romsdal Fjord, landing at Naes, from which the 
first view of the great “ Romsdalshorn,” 5,000ft. in height, was 
obtained. We then started off to drive up the Romsdal, thirty 
miles in length, staying two nights at different places in this 
fine valley, which is one of the special sights of Norway. 
58. —View of Romsdalshorn, on approaching from Naes, showing the 
“ horn,” or peak, that makes it so marked an object. The road 
passes between the Romsdalshorn on the left, and the still 
higher “ Trolltindern, ” or Goblin Peaks, nearly 6,000ft. in 
height, on the right. 
59. —View of the Romsdalshorn, looking back down the valley, and 
showing the river in the foreground. 
60. —The Trolltindern, with its three peaks, seen looking down the 
valley, with the foot of the Romsdalshorn on the right. 
61. —Another view of part of the Trolltindern, showing in the fore¬ 
ground one of the large boulders that are strewn in the valley. 
