But for a family who wished to travel in a comfortable covered carriage, it would be incalculably dear, and in many parts impossible, on account of the bad roads.
The Norwegian peasantry are strong and robust, but their features are not the most comely, and they seemed neither wealthy nor cleanly.

They were generally very poorly clad, and always barefooted.

Their cottages, built of wood and covered with tiles, are more roomy than those of the Icelanders; but they are nevertheless dirty and wretched.

A weakness of the Norwegians is their fondness for coffee, which they drink without milk or sugar.

The old women, as well as the men, smoke their pipes morning and night.
Miles.
From Christiania to Kongsberg is 41 about From Kongsberg to the waterfall 5 Labrafoss From Kongsberg to Bolkosoe 14 From Bolkosoe to Tindosoe 16 From Tindosoe across the lake to 16 Mael From Mael to the waterfall 11 Rykanfoss 103 CHAPTER IX August 30th.
At seven o'clock this morning I left Christiania, accompanied by the good wishes of my countrywoman and her husband, and went back to Gottenburg by the same steamer which had brought me thence ten days before.