Chapter Three. Bergen—Talking, Supping, and Sleeping Under Difficulties
Chapter Four. A Ghost and a Custom—A Fish-Market and a Norse Lover
Chapter Five. Cariole Travelling—Miserable Lodging and Poor Fare—Native Peculiarities—A Night Battle
Chapter Six. Deceptive Appearances—Perpetual Day—Perplexities about Bed-Time—Confusion of Mind
Chapter Seven. A Sunday on Shore
Chapter Eight. Visit to a Strange People—The Midnight Sun
Chapter Nine. Miscellaneous Adventures—The Value of Language—Salmon-Fishing
Chapter Ten. Conclusion
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A storm raged on the bosom of the North Sea. The wind whistled as if all the spirits of Ocean were warring with each other furiously. The waves writhed and tossed on the surface as if in agony. White foam, greenish-grey water, and leaden-coloured sky were all that met the eyes of the men who stood on the deck of a little schooner that rose and sank and staggered helplessly before the tempest.
Truly, it was a grand sight—a terrible sight—to behold that little craft battling with the storm. It suggested the idea of God’s might and forbearance,—of man’s daring and helplessness.
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That evening the mountains of Norway rose to view. About the time that this occurred the sky began to clear towards the north-west and soon after a white line of foam was seen on the horizon right ahead. This was the ocean beating on the great army of islands, or skerries, that line the west coast of Norway from north to south.
“Hurrah for old Norway!” shouted Fred Temple with delight, when he first observed the foam that leaped upon these bare rocky islets.
