![One and a Half in Norway; A Chronicle of Small Beer by Either and Both [S.R. Scargill-Bird].](/jacket/500x500/9780217524131.jpg)
Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII. CONCLUSION. IN these few "trivial fond records," we have endeavoured to show that Norway is no longer the half-savage and inaccessible country which it is often supposed to be, and which, in fact, it was until within the last few years; and that much of its most impressive and remarkable scenery may now be explored in the space of three or four weeks with ease and comfort. Hardships there are in plenty for. those who care to encounter them, but they must be sought for, and will certainly not be met with on the much-frequented roads which connect the principal points of interest. Of course the sportsman who goes plodding after reindeer, or the fisherman who courts unfrequented waters, must go further afield, and will often have to put up with quarters of the roughest, and food of the most meagre and scanty description; but the posting-stations on all the main routes are, as a rule, comfortable little inns, in which no lack of provisions need be anticipated. The traveller must, however, be prepared for the constant recurrence of eggs and fish as the staple of his diet, meat being seldom forthcoming, except at the mid-day dinner. These simple viands, at any rate, are generally of the best and freshest description; and the coffee is superb. The cost of carrioling is an expensive item in Norwegian travelling, and may be roughly estimated at twenty ore per kilometer (twothirds of an English mile); that is, fifteen ore for the horse, two ore for the carriole, and a gratuity of about three ore per kilometer for the postboy. The stations are generally from ten to fifteen kilometers apart; and the postboy, who will almost always state the exact fare, is paid on dismissing him. Should any doubt arise. as to the sum due, it may be settled by reference t...
