Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ 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 CONTENTS Chapter Page I. The Land of the Vikings 1 II. Modern Norway 5 III. The People and Their Industries 9 IV. On the Farm 15 V. Manners and Customs 20 VI. School and Play 25 VII. Some Fairy Tales 32 VIII. The Hardanger Fjord 37 IX. A Glimpse of the Fjelds 43 X. Wild Nature--Beasts 48 XI. 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 Skjaeggedalsfos, Hardanger Fjord frontispiece Facing Page Naerodal, from Stalheim, Sogne Fjord viii Fishing Through the Ice on Christiania Fjord 9 Making "Fladbroed"--A Cottage Interior 16 A Hardanger Bride 25 A Baby of Telemarken 32 Godoesund, Hardanger Fjord 41 A Saeter 48 Bondhus Glacier, Hardanger Fjord 57 Laerdalsoeren 64 A Lapp Mother and Child 73 Skiers Drinking Goosewine 80 Saetersdalen Girl In National Costume on the cover Sketch-Map of Norway on page vii. NORWAY CHAPTER I THE LAND OF THE VIKINGS