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THE MIDLAND NATURALIST. 
“ Come forth into the light of things, 
Let Nature be your teacher.” 
Wordsworth. 
NOTES ON A TOUR IN NORWAY AND COLLECTION 
OF PLANTS * 
BY W. P. MARSHALL AND C. PUMPHREY. 
This f our was a six weeks excursion to Norway in the 
present summer, from the 26th of June to the 6th of August; 
the route taken was direct to Bergen and the North Cape 
(nearly 2000 miles distance from Birmingham) followed by 
a three weeks land journey, as shown in the map in 
Plate I. The sea passage to Norway was taken from 
Newcastle to Bergen by the “ Norge ” steamer, a thirty-six 
hours run; starting on Tuesday evening and arriving at 
Bergen on Thursday morning, and then going forward the 
next day by the fine North Cape tourist steamer “ Olaf 
Kyrre,” with a party of about sixty fellow passengers. 
On the way to the North Cape there was a stay on shore 
at several places. First at Throndhjem, the ancient capital 
of Norway, where the very interesting old cathedral was visited, 
which is in process of restoration. 
Then Torgliatten was visited, an island rock that has a 
remarkable natural archway through the entire rock, which 
was reached by a half-hour’s scramble up the side, and gave a 
striking view through the large archway of the sea and 
numerous islands beyond. 
The Lofotens were next visited, islands out in the open 
sea, a couple of hours steaming from the main land, with 
magnificent jagged mountains forming a continued panorama 
of striking and beautiful outlines, with a range extending over 
100 miles. We passed round one of the islands, returning by 
a narrow channel between two of them, the Eaftsund, which 
is specially fine in scenery. The passage onwards to the 
North Cape, like much of the previous voyage, was almost 
♦Read before the Birmingham Natural History and Microscopical 
Society, October 9th, 1888. 
