CHAPTER I.

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Norway interesting from its peculiar Law of Succession.-

Steam-Boats. - Gottenburg. - Trollhætta. - Christiania.

- Money.---Fish.-Slaves.---Cariole travelling.–Myosen

Lake. - Farms. - Houses. - Haymaking.--Ladies' Side-

Saddles.- Laurgaard. --Goats.-Log-Houses.-Norwe-

gian and Scotch Highlanders. - Condition, Property,

Food, Lodging compared.—Timber Duties.-Snow. -

Dovre Field. — Mill.-Sneehætte.-Game.--Fishing.--

Norwegian Inns.-Sækness.-Sundset.

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CHAPTER II.

Dronthiem. --Inn.- Cathedral.—Town.—Shipping. -- Li-

brary.-Saxon and Norman Arches-Gothic Architecture

-Stordal.—Colonel George Sinclair.—Rocking Stones.-

Levanger.-Dronthiem Fiord and Bothnian Gulph.-Nor-

wegian Farm.--Hops.—Stikklestad.—Date of the Battle

corrected by an Eclipse. -Værdal. -Peasants.—Cross

Roads.-Snaasen Vand.—Steenkjær. -Scotch Farmers.

Norwegian Farms.-Value, Size, Taxes, Harvest Work,

Ploughing.--Gigot Sleeves.—My Winter Quarters.

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CHAPTER III.

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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 defeated.—Amalgamation with Sweden

not desirable.- Veto of the Executive suspensive only.--

Constitutional Principles generally diffused.—The Press.

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

Sweden.

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CHAPTER IV.

Theatrical Representations. -Holberg.–Winter.--Sledge-

driving.-Snow-skating.-Laplanders.—Reindeer Veni-

son.-Reindeer Farming. Expensive Weddings.-Be-

trothals.-Checks on Population.-Housemen.- Illegiti-

mate Children. Their Condition in Norway.—Light and

Darkness in Winter sublime.-

English Poor Rates.-Use

of Coal instead of Wood for Fuel.--Effect on the Con-

dition of the Poor.–Family Room or Hall of a Nor-

wegian House in the Morning.-State of Manners among

the People.-Forms of Politeness.-Station of the Female

Sex in Society.-Female Employments.—Small Estates.

Number of Landholders in Scotland and Norway com-

pared.—The Effect on the Condition of the Females of

the small Estates, “Berend Island. - Coals.-White

Bears.- The Fair.-Sobriety.-Crimes.-Yule.-Norwe-

gian Entertainments.- Arrival of a Sledge Party.- Ease

and Uniformity of Living.-Norwegian Church.-Incomes.

-Education.-No Dissent.-Confirmation.-Sunday.-

Observance in the Lutheran Church.-Educated La-

bourers in England in a worse Condition than unedu-

cated.—Remedy.

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CHAPTER V.

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King's Birthday.—Manners of the Middle Class.—Ball and

Supper.—Loyalty.— Jealousy of National Independence.

-King's Style.-Carl III. or Carl XIV.?-Budstick.-

Hue and Cry. - Remarkable Landslip. — Peasantry.-

Udal Property.—Udal Laws.—Early Maturity of Udal

System.- Civilisation of the Northern Invaders.--Scalds.

— The Grey Goose.--Its Enactments.—Jury Trial.— Its

Origin in Udal Law.—Present Administration of Law.-

Court of Arbitration. Sorenskrivers' Court. — Jury--

Christian V.-Law Book.–Liberal Institutions for 1687.

- Ireland and Norway.-England and Denmark.-Punish-

ment of Death abolished.---Loss of Honour an effective

Punishment.--Stifts Amt Court.-The Hoieste ret Court

a Part of the State.- Peculiar Principle of Responsibility

of Judges.

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CHAPTER VI.

Another Fair.—Skins.-Dogs bred for Fur.-Books at the

Fair. -Bible Society's Operations counteract the Diffusion

of the Bible in Foreign Lands.-Laplanders.-Peculiar

Race.- Present State. -Numbers.--Language.-Value of

Stock required to subsist a Laplander.- The Fjelde Life.

-Its Attractions.—Corn Banks.— Thrashing Machines.

-Probably a Norwegian, not a Scotch Invention.-

Fences in Norway.--Description.—Advantages.—Econ-

omy.--Russian Population.- Power. - Policy.- Value

to Russia of a Sea-Coast.-Northern Provinces of Fin-

mark and Nordland.—Their Connexion with Norway-

with Russia.- Probable Views of Russia on that part of

Scandinavia north of the 62° of Latitude.-Importance of

such an Acquisition.-Indications that it is contemplated. 241
CHAPTER VII.

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Emigrants of small Capital.-Norway better than Canada. —

Land cheap.- Labour cheap.-Houses good.-Mode of

purchasing Land.-Bank of Norway.--Peculiar System of

Banking.-Moral Condition as affected by the general

Diffusion of Property. - Physical Condition. - Lodging

compared to that of the Scotch Peasantry.- Food.—Living

in a Norwegian Family of the Middle Class.-Use of

Spirits.-- Temperance Societies. -- Gravesend Smacks.--

Bothy for Farm Servants.-Bed-clothes.—Foreign Luxu-

ries. --- Cheapness. -- Bonding System. - Clothing. -

Household Manufactures.-Advertisement of a Farm to

be sold..-Value of Money.-Climate.

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CHAPTER VIII.

Fishing in Norway.--Hire a Farm.- Description.-Ancient

Fresh-Water Lakes.-Midgrunden Gaard.—Farming.-

Rent.--Asiatic Origin of Scandinavians. — Laplanders,

Celtic.—Use of Horse-flesh.--Hereditary Attachment to

the Horse.-Berserker.-Peculiar Intoxication.-Domes-

tic Servants in America-in Norway.--Housekeepers in

Families. - Provisions. - Capercailzie. - Ptarmigan. -

Jerper. - Bear-shooting. - Hybernation of Animals.---

Condition of Bonder Class.--Equality of Manners.-

Excursion to Snasen-Vand.—Ancient Sea-Beach above

the present Level of the Sea.—Excursion through the

Fjelde.-Bark Bread.-Væra Lake.-Shjækkerhatte.----

Bivouac.--Shjækker Valley.-Trees at various Elevations

above the Sea.-Furu.-Gran.-Birch.

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CHAPTER IX.

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Orkney and Zetland belonged to Norway.-Pledged for

Fifty Thousand Florins.— Tradition.-Claim to redeem

these Provinces.—Torfæus.—Christian V.-Buonaparte.

- Dr. Clarke.--Saga.-Sea-King Swein.--His Adven-

tures. — Jarl Rognvald. —Cathedral.-Churches in Rom-

ney Marsh.--Free Institutions.--Kings.--Harald Haar-

fagre.—Hakon.-Former Classes of Society.—Sigurd Sir.

- Manners described in the Saga.-Dress of Sigurd Sir.

-Are the Priest.-Scalds.-Alliteration.-Authorities of

Saga.-Kuads.--Norwegian Literature. -Road from the

Dronthiem Fiord to the Bothnian Gulph.-Important

Basis for the Military Defence of Norway and Sweden.-

King's Visit by this road to Norway, compared with that

of George IV. to Scotland.—His Visit to the Field of

Stikkleslad.- His Reception by the Norwegians.--

Triumph of Constitutional Principles.-The Election in

our District for the Storthing.--Distillation of Spirits from

Potatoes.-Effect of the free Distillation on Population

and Property. --State of Sea-side Population. The Win-

ter Fishing at Lafoden.—Use of Nets in the Cod Fishery.

-Regulations.--Herring Fishery.-Bonder, or Agricul-

tural Population.-Fjelde Bonder.-Their Condition.-

Ancient Families.

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CHAPTER X.

Lapland Girl. --Slighted by the Norwegians.-Condition.—

Visits from Laplanders. - Opthalmia. - Reindeer. -

Sledges.-Speed.-Powers of Draught.-Reindeer cannot

endure Wet.-Cannot live in Scotland.-Buy a fat Rein-

deer for killing.-Lapland Butcher.–Weight of Four

Quarters.- Cold.- Birds.-Wolves.-- Travelling Dress

in Winter.-Journey to Dronthiem.- Vollan.-Ovne.--