A summer in northern lands; the journal of a trip to Scandinavia . he told me he had under-gone three different operations and still wasenduring much pain. He has been in com-mand of this ship for over twenty yearsbut the first mate tells me that probablythis will be the old gentlemans last Harstad, a thriving little town on theIsland of Hindo, is the old church of Thron-denaes, built in iioo and for a longtime the most northern place of Christianworship in Europe. We passed quite nearit, just before entering the harbor, and hadtime permitted I should have liked to visitthe old bui
A summer in northern lands; the journal of a trip to Scandinavia . he told me he had under-gone three different operations and still wasenduring much pain. He has been in com-mand of this ship for over twenty yearsbut the first mate tells me that probablythis will be the old gentlemans last Harstad, a thriving little town on theIsland of Hindo, is the old church of Thron-denaes, built in iioo and for a longtime the most northern place of Christianworship in Europe. We passed quite nearit, just before entering the harbor, and hadtime permitted I should have liked to visitthe old building, but we made only a shortstop at Harstad, which is one of the pret-tiest places within the Arctic Circle and maysome day become quite a summer resort. Friday, August little rough this morning. We are nowback to Svolvaer in the Lofoten a walk about the town while they wereloading up the boat with cod fish and numer-ous barrels of salt herrings. The herringis a very useful fish. From it almost any-thing that comes out of the sea can be manu-. Bridge of S. S. Haakon Jarl ? A SUMMER IN NORTHERN LANDS 67 factured. From small ones they make an-chovies and sardines. The medium sizedfish are put up as appetizers and pickledherrings, while the large ones are smoked,salted, or kippered. I have said so muchabout herrings lately that at breakfastCharles sprung a little rhyme which he hadcomposed for the occasion:Heres to the herring that lives in the seaThat girdless the globe, an iconoclast he. Hes made into anchovies, smelts, and sar-dines,And Russian caviare by pressing throughscreens. Is cheese made of goats milk? Youd bet-ter go the herrings around, youll doubtit I know. Saturday, August 2. We are back to the town of Bodo thismorning and the sun actually came out frombehind the clouds for a while to give us awelcome. It was very fortunate we crossedthe Vesterfjord last night instead of thismorning for the sea looked rough outsidethe breakwater. They mu
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