HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS,
SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COLBURN,

13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

1856.

203. b.252.

LONDON:

Printed by Schulze and Co., 13, Poland Street.

PREFACE.

THE writer of the following pages, during his excursions in Norway, jotted down at the time notes of what he saw and heard and thought. This was done by him more for his own amusement, and to gratify the curiosity. of friends at home, who were anxious to know something about the incidents of his travels, than with any definite purpose on his part of venturing into print. Intended for private use, these pages would, probably, never have seen the light, had they not chanced to fall into the hands of a literary friend, who advised their publication, not so much, perhaps, for any intrinsic merit they possess, as on account of