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Rh continued cloudy, and we could not catch a glimpse of the sun during the whole day. Fine weather for tourists going to see the midnight sun!

In the evening we entered the Fiord of Trondjem also called Drontheim. Cloud and mist still hung on the hill-tops on both sides of us and spread like a canopy over our heads, and a cutting north wind still blew over the sea, accompanied by a little drizzling rain. The Fiord, like numerous other Fiords, in the west coast of Norway, runs from the sea far inland, like a long narrow lake between the mountains on either side. The Fiords are thus better protected from wind and cold than the open coast, and from excellent harbours for vessels; towns and fishing villages spring up on their shores, and there are more farms and sings of cultivation than in the open coast. We reached Trondjem after 10 and went to the steamer "Capella" destined for the North Cape. She is a fine steamer built in Bergen (in Norway) only six months ago and beautifully fitted. We weighed anchor soon after midnight;—midnight I can hardly call it for it was neither dark nor night! During the eight days we spent on the "Capella" in going up to the North Cape and returning, we had not a single hour of night,—it was daylight all through! And we tried to get such sleep as we could for a few hours in this daylight!

26th July. A floating tower of Babel this steamer "Capella" with about fifty or sixty tourists belonging to