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than one of the English cathedrals of the ornate Gothic type. 
Most attractive, however, are the internal decorations, lavishly 
cut in a slate-coloured soapstone, soft to work when fresh, but 
retaining all the delicacy of its finish well on into a ripe old 
age. 
We wound up our stay at Trondhjem by a dinner, to 
which were invited various local notables—consuls, professors, 
and the like. The menu was rather English, but described in 
old Norse. As few readers of the “ Midland Naturalist ” will 
have set eyes upon •a real Norwegian menu, here it is :— 
Matarsedill. 
Manadaginn pann fjortanda July 1890. 
Kjotsupa med grsenmeti. 
Lax, nidrlenzk sosa. 
Uxa-hryggur med sveppum. 
Kalfamjolk med valhnotum. 
Kjuklingar. 
Berjasulta, salat. 
itjomahraeringur ad sid sendilierra. 
Is med rjomahraeringi asamt nyjum Imotum. 
Tvibokur, smjor, ostr. 
A gistingastad ,,Nordkap.” 
i 
Nidarosi.* 
After dinner a considerable number of our guests and 
many townsfolk accompanied us to the steamer and cheered 
our departure, which took place in the bright gloaming just 
before midnight. 
Our plan for the next day was a drive through the famous 
Romsdal and back. The Romsdal commences at Veblungs* 
naes, at the head of one of the branches of the Molde Fjord, 
and the terminus of one of the great roads which, as I have 
already said, join on to the Dovre road at Domaas. It is 
chiefly remarkable for the extraordinary jaggedness of its 
cliffs and peaks. Norwegian mountain scenery is, as a rule, 
somewhat tame ; the summits very rarely take the form of 
sharp peaks, but in the Romsdalshorn (5,000ft.) we have a 
veritable aiguille of Matterliorn-like steepness, which for hours 
we had seen dominating the view as we ascended the wind¬ 
ings of the fjord. The cliffs and peaks on the southern side 
of the valley, commonly known as the Trolldtinder (Goblin 
Peaks), are serrated in the most remarkable fashion ; and in 
the middle of the valley boils and tumbles the usual Nor¬ 
wegian stream, the water of which is here, however, of the 
* 
Nidarosi is the old Norse name of Trondhjem. 
