I hired, therefore, a carriol for the whole journey, and a horse to the next station, the townlet of Drammen, distant about twenty-four miles.
On the 25th August, at three o'clock in the afternoon, I left Christiania, squeezed myself into my carriage, and, following the example of Norwegian dames, I seized the reins.

I drove as if I had been used to it from infancy.

I turned right and left, and my horse galloped and trotted gaily on.
The road to Drammen is exquisite, and would afford rich subjects for an artist.

All the beauties of nature are here combined in most perfect harmony.

The richness and variety of the scenery are almost oppressive, and would be an inexhaustible subject for the painter.