Norway and its glaciers, visited in 1851 : followed by journals of excursions in the high Alps of Dauphné, Berne and Savoy . TORGHATTAN. CHAPTER III. NORDLAND. CHARACTER OF NORTHERN NORWAY—LEAVE THRONDHJEM BY STEAMER—VAERS—TORG-HATTAN—ITS CAVERN —ROCHES MOUTONNEES — YACHTS — THE SEVEN SISTERS —(EXTIND—ENTER THE ARCTIC CIRCLE —GLACIERS OF FONDAL—BODO-SCENERY OFVEST-FIORD AND THE LOFODDEN ISLANDS-ARRIVAL AT TROMSO. Throndhjem is a very natural boundary to a travellersnorthern tour. In his journey thither he has seen a gooddeal of the interior of Norway, and unless he mean toextend his travels qu
Norway and its glaciers, visited in 1851 : followed by journals of excursions in the high Alps of Dauphné, Berne and Savoy . TORGHATTAN. CHAPTER III. NORDLAND. CHARACTER OF NORTHERN NORWAY—LEAVE THRONDHJEM BY STEAMER—VAERS—TORG-HATTAN—ITS CAVERN —ROCHES MOUTONNEES — YACHTS — THE SEVEN SISTERS —(EXTIND—ENTER THE ARCTIC CIRCLE —GLACIERS OF FONDAL—BODO-SCENERY OFVEST-FIORD AND THE LOFODDEN ISLANDS-ARRIVAL AT TROMSO. Throndhjem is a very natural boundary to a travellersnorthern tour. In his journey thither he has seen a gooddeal of the interior of Norway, and unless he mean toextend his travels quite within the Polar Circle, there islittle of special interest to entice him forwards, and nodefinite stopping point is naturally suggested, where he may 40 NORDLAND. gratify his curiosity, and at the same time repose his bodyand relax his mind in hospitable society-—all of which con-ditions Throndhjem so amply satisfies. Its position too isgeographically peculiar. It is at the beginning of theisthmus of the great Scandinavian peninsula, which is hereonly 250 English miles broad, from Sundsvall
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