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CONTENTS.
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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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.
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.-
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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
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.
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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.
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.