CHAPTER I.

The glamour of Norwegian scenery--A gentle angler in a passion--The stirring of the blood--A bachelor’s wild scream of liberty--What marriage brings a salmon-fisher to--Away, for the land of the mountain and the flood--“Little” circle sailing--The Arctic shark--Advantages of gold lace--A lesson for laughers--Norwegian coast scenery--Nature’s grey friars--In the steps of the Vikings--The Norwegian character--How the Elves left Jutland--Christiansand harbour pp. 1-15