JOURNAL

OF A

RESIDENCE IN NORWAY.

LONDON

PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND 00.

NEW-STREET SQUARE

JOURNAL

OF A

RESIDENCE IN NORWAY

DURING

THE YEARS 1834, 1835, & 1836

MADE WITH A VIEW

TO ENQUIRE INTO THE MORAL AND POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THAT

COUNTRY, AND THE CONDITION OF ITS INHABITANTS

BY SAMUEL LAING, ESQ.

NEW EDITION

LONDON

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
1866

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CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I.

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Slaves.

Norway interesting from its peculiar Law of Succession. Steam-Boats.

Gottenburg. Trollhætta. Christiania. Money. Fish.

Cariole travelling. Myosen Lake. - Farms. Houses. - Haymaking.

- Ladies' Side-saddles. Laurgaard. — Goats.- Log-houses.- Norwegian

and Scotch Highlanders.- Condition, Property, Food, Lodging compared.

- Timber Duties. - Snow. - Dovre Fjeld. - Mill.- Sneehætte.

- Fishing. — Norwegian Inns. - Sækness. - Sundset.

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Game.

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and Norman Arches. - Gothic Architecture. - Stordal. - Colonel George

Sinclair. Rocking Stones. - Levanger. - Dronthiem Fiord and Bothnian

Gulf. Norwegian Farm.. Hops. Stikklestad.

corrected by an Eclipse.-Værdal.

sen Vand.Steenkjær.

Scotch Farmers. - Norwegian Farms. - Value,

Size, Taxes, Harvest Work, Ploughing.-Gigot Sleeves.

Quarters.

Brusved Gaard.-Polite Manners of the Lower Classes. - Breed of Cattle.-

Bible Society. Potatoe Brandy.- Earthquakes in Norway. - Norwegian

Constitution. - Storthing. Qualifications.- Election Men. Representa

tion. The Power of the Legislative.-Attempts to alter the Constitution de-

feated.-Amalgamation with Sweden not desirable. -Veto of the Executive

suspensive only.- Constitutional Principles generally diffused.

-Newspapers. - Influence.- Free in Norway. - Not in Sweden