Sep., 1890. through Norway with the vesey club. 
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Hull tlie same night, going by steamer to Christiania, arriving 
early on Monday morning, proceeding thence via the 
Dovretjeld to Trondhjem. The second party sailed from 
Leith on Wednesday, July 9, in the s.s. St. Rognvald, which 
had been chartered for the purposes of the excursion, and 
went via Bergen and Molde, to Trondhjem, at which port the 
overland section joined them on Sunday, July 13. Thence 
the combined party came southwards, through the finest of 
the fjords, and with inland excursions at various points of 
interest, finally reaching Leith on Thursday, July 24. 
The overland party, all told, numbered twenty-six. The 
components were Mr. and Mrs. J. B., Miss, and Mr. B. Stone, 
Prof. Lap worth, Dr. H. W. Crosskey, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. 
Ash, Mr. Joel Cadbury, Dr. Wilson Duckett, Dr. and Miss 
Fraser (Wolverhampton), Miss May Greener, Miss Griffin 
(Wolverhampton), Mrs. Hillhouse, Mr. and Mrs. Tlios. and 
Mr. T. S. Hooper, Mr. J. A. and Miss E. Jones, Miss May 
and Miss Phoebe King, Mr. C. H. Pedley (Crewe), Mr. C. J. 
Watson, Dr. Charles Wilson (Crewe), and the writer. A 
special carriage conveyed the party to Hull; but while con¬ 
veying them thither I feel impelled to explode a very pretty 
fable with regard to an accident which is supposed to have 
befallen the leader. On two different occasions it has been 
stated in one of the Birmingham daily papers that Mr. Stone 
was left behind at one of the stations en route for Hull, and 
had to be conveyed on by a “ special.” Even the amount he 
had to pay for the special is circumstantially given, and the 
reader is likewise informed that, the line being duly cleared, 
the lost leader reached Hull before his sorrowing companions. 
The whole story is a pure fiction. 
It is necessary before going further to note that, though 
nominally included in the overland party, my wife and I, 
owing to certain difficulties in the way of winding up my 
work at the Mason College, were unable to accompany them. 
We left Hull four days later, and, travelling via Gothenburg, 
as described shortly, joined the rest of the party on the 
Dovrefjeld. As to the effects of the fifty hours’ sea passage 
upon the party I therefore know nothing, excepting by 
hearsay. I am told, however, that it was somewhat rough. 
For the same reason, as this is a “ first-hand” narrative, I 
am compelled to pass rapidly over the two or three days they 
spent in Christiania, merely outlining their route, and making 
a few comments. It must be acknowledged that the party had a 
somewhat exceptional experience of Christiania, for the day of 
their arrival was also that of the arrival of the German 
Kaiser, and the city was in high jinks. Turned out of their 
