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Peeps at Many Lands: Norway
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Peeps at Many Lands: Norway

by Mockler-Ferryman A F (Augustus Ferryman)

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Page 1

Sætersdalen Girl in National Costume

Skjæggedalsfos, Hardanger Fjord

Page 61.

Peeps at Many Lands

Norway

By
Lieut.-Col. A. F. Mockler-Ferryman, F.R.G.S., F.Z.S.
With twelve full page illustrations in colour
By
A. Heaton Cooper & Nico Jungman

London
Adam and Charles Black
1911

First published September, 1909

Reprinted September, 1910

Contents

  1. Chapter Page
  2. I. The Land of the Vikings 1
  3. II. Modern Norway 5
  4. III. The People and Their Industries 9
  5. IV. On the Farm 15
  6. V. Manners and Customs 20
  7. VI. School and Play 25
  8. VII. Some Fairy Tales 32
  9. VIII. The Hardanger Fjord 37
  10. IX. A Glimpse of the Fjelds 43
  11. X. Wild Nature—Beasts 48
  12. XI.
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@24676@[email protected]#d0e1013" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Wild Nature—Birds 54
  • XII. Waterfalls, Snowfields, and Glaciers 60
  • XIII. Driving in Norway 66
  • XIV. Arctic Days and Nights 70
  • XV. Laplanders at Home 78
  • XVI. Winter in Christiania 84

    • List of Illustrations

    1. Skjæggedalsfos, Hardanger Fjord frontispiece
    2.   Facing Page
    3. Nærodal, from Stalheim, Sogne Fjord viii
    4. Fishing Through the Ice on Christiania Fjord 9
    5. Making “Fladbröd”—A Cottage Interior 16
    6. A Hardanger Bride 25
    7. A Baby of Telemarken 32
    8. Godösund, Hardanger Fjord 41
    9. A Sæter 48
    10. Bondhus Glacier, Hardanger Fjord 57
    11. Lærdalsören 64
    12. A Lapp Mother and Child 73
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    href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@24676@[email protected]#d0e1341" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Skiers Drinking Goosewine 80
  • Sætersdalen Girl In National Costume on the cover

    • Sketch-Map of Norway on page vii.

    Sketch-Map of Norway.

    Nærodal, from Stalheim, Sogne Fjord

    Page 6.