A summer in northern lands; the journal of a trip to Scandinavia . lls and an occasional lone*gammer of a Lapp fisherman. The weatherwas bright but cold and windy. Along inthe middle of the afternoon we passed somecliffs that were the nesting place of thou-sands of sea-birds and when the steamerswhistle was sounded they flew forth fromthe ledges, nooks and crannies in clouds,making a great clamor as they circled overhead. Soon after passing these clIfFs wesighted the steamer **Sverre Sigurdsson onits return trip. As the boat was headinginto the wind, it was rolling considerablyand after the ex
A summer in northern lands; the journal of a trip to Scandinavia . lls and an occasional lone*gammer of a Lapp fisherman. The weatherwas bright but cold and windy. Along inthe middle of the afternoon we passed somecliffs that were the nesting place of thou-sands of sea-birds and when the steamerswhistle was sounded they flew forth fromthe ledges, nooks and crannies in clouds,making a great clamor as they circled overhead. Soon after passing these clIfFs wesighted the steamer **Sverre Sigurdsson onits return trip. As the boat was headinginto the wind, it was rolling considerablyand after the experience of our run up tothe cape this morning, for the sake of thefamily, I am glad we are not aboard, but inthis old tub running before the wind. Westayed up on deck and saw the midnightsun, but at midnight it did not look very dif-ferent from the sun half an hour before ^^^Sm ? H Hpj^^^^^^HH| . ^m. f i^m ? 4 j^l^vMI wm H^I^B *a^^^B i^^^K^HHB 1 ^^^^^^M^m fl^^^E!^ ^^H K^^wJ aM£ Ji^ -^^B^^K^^^^^^^^^^^B^^^^B |MH| ^^^^^^H^^^^^^^^^H ^vRl flH^HHH^^g BHB^^^^^H I. A SUMMER IN NORTHERN LANDS 57 sunset on any winter evening at home, ex-cept that it was due north and instead offinally sinking below the horizon, it beganto rise again. Sunday, July 27. Vardo, where we now are, has quite agood harbor, enclosed at one end by a fineold stone sea-wall that connects a smallisland to the larger one on which the townis built. At the other side of the harborthere is also a wall with quite a picturesqueold light house on the end near the entranceof the port. If the commerce of the placekeeps on increasing, they will soon have toenlarge the harbor, for it is quite full ofvessels of all sorts. After breakfast welanded, by means of a small boat, and foundthe town very dirty. Most of the housesare of timber, roofed with birch bark over-laid with sod, which is now quite objectionable feature is that back ofalmost every house there is a *hjelder fordrying fish and generally, as a result, a he
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