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III. CONVEYANCES.
III. Conveyances.
Time Tables for Norway appear in '■Norges Communicationer' (30 0.;
pron. Commoonicashooner), and for Sweden in 'Sveriges Kommunikationer'
(10 6.), both published weekly in summer. The traveller should procure
the last edition immediately on landing and keep it at hand for reference.
The publisher of the Norwegian time-tables, Mr. Alb. Cammermeyer of
Christiania, will also send a copy by post to Great Britain on receipt of
Gd. in English stamps. An abridged English edition is also published
fortnightly under the name of Beyer's Norwegian Railway and Steamboat
Time-Tables (90 0.). The "communications" are frequently referred to in
the Handbook as "Com."' for the Norwegian and "Kom." for the Swe¬
dish. Among other time-tables may be mentioned the Reichs-Kursbuch
(Berlin) and the Reiselisle for Eongeriget Banmark (Copenhagen), which
travellers to or from Germany will find useful.
Observe that many of the summer time-tables, especially those of the
fjord steamers, hold good till the end of August only.
Steamboats (Norw. Dampskibe, Sw. angbatar). Besides the re¬
gular steamboat services between London, Hull, Leith, etc. and Co¬
penhagen, Gothenburg, Christiania, Christiansand, and other Nor¬
wegian and Swedish ports, excellent opportunities of reaching "the
land of the midnight sun" are afforded by the large and comfortable
excursion-steamers despatched weekly or oftener from the above
British ports to the Hardanger, Sogne, and Molde Fjords, to Bergen,
Trondhjem, and the North Cape. For the voyage to or from Nor¬
way,"or for part of a coasting cruise, these vessels are recommend¬
ed ; but to remain on board the vessel during the whole of her
trip to and fro is very apt to prove monotonous and enervating, and
is certain to leave the passenger's mind almost a blank with regard
to the true charms of Norwegian travel.
The great Norwegian coasting traffic is almost entirely in the
hands of the Bergenske and the Nordenfjeldske Dampskibs-Selskab,
which have a common time-table. The headquarters of the former
are at Bergen, those of the latter at Trondhjem. (Agent for both
companies, Mr. Berg-Hansen at Christiania.) The smaller steamers
plying on the Norwegian fjords are comfortable enough during the
day, but their sleeping accommodation is poor, and on market-days
they are apt to be overcrowded. The same remark applies to the
smaller coasting steamers on the Baltic and on the Swedish canals.
Most travellers will of course travel in the first cabin. Those
who are about to spend one or more nights on board should at
once secure their berths by personal application to the steward. In
the smaller vessels the dining-saloon is used at night as a sleep¬
ing-cabin, but there is always a separate ladies'-cabin. A passenger
travelling with his family pays full fare for himself, but is usually
entitled to a reduction ('Moderation'; pron. moderashoon') of 25
per cent on the fare (but not on the cost of food) for each of the
other members of the party. On most of the steamboats return-
tickets, available for a month or more, are issued at a fare and a
half. The captains and mates usually speak English. The traveller
should be careful to look after his own luggage.
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