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climbed a steep hill that can be reached by steps or road and got a very good veiw of the town. Several of the town streets are like this. Bergen is a lovely city to veiw with its several harbors surrounded by the mountains. It is the second largest in Norway. Norwegian people are most simple and neat. 

August 20, 1908.

Thursday morning we woke up and found the yacht anchored up a Fjord between snow capped mountains, five thousand feet high, off the little town of Gudvangen.

Waterfalls from the melted snow, fall gracefully down the mountain side, wearing gorges in the rock. There are five bracing walks to take through wonderful scenery and queer little horses and carts are always waiting to take you over the hilly roads. There are places in Norway where there are patches of snow in the valleys. 

Toward evening the yacht was underway once