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NORWAY AND HER LAPLANDS IN 1841.

To those adventurous travellers who are not disheartened at the prospect of toilsome paths, and a climate a few degrees colder than their own, Norway presents many attractions; not the least remarkable of which are the primitive virtues which distinguish the inhabitants generally, but particularly those of the rural districts; and the peculiarly wild but not unpleasing features of the country. Mr. Milford appears to have made a tour in this direction, as much for health as from curiosity; and having furnished himself with the requisites for combining amusement with observation, he passed his time with no less satisfaction than profit. In the volume he has produced as the result of his travels, he mingles in a very agreeable manner the tourist with the sportsman, enlivening his sketches of the picturesque people among whom he dwelt, with notices of the sporting capabilities of the forests and lakes among which he fished and shot. His account of the Norwegians is both lively and interesting, and the glimpses he affords us of the Lapps only make the reader regret that he sees so little of them. We offer one of his sporting memoranda as a fair specimen of the author's style.

On Friday and Saturday the 13th and 14th we had glorious sport in fishing in the far-famed Namsen, killing upwards of 100 lbs. of salmon. We greatly enjoyed, for the first time, the excitement this delightful sport affords. One of the fish Ikilled, after playing with him for some minutes, weighed 23lb. ; another, after I had hooked him, leaped twice out of the water in the middle of the stream, ran down a rapid, and then returning, went under our boat, when I thought I had lost him, but he again took to the open river, and showed much play before he was brought to the gaff, when, not a little fatigued with the exertion, which is considerable, I was glad to rest.

In the midst of this magnificent sport, sometimes an audacious poacher interferes, who mars your enjoyment. The awful sound of "cobbe" still rings in my Devonian ears. I had at first associated the well-known name with those mud-built but peaceful abodes in which the happy peasantry of my native and beautiful county pass their tranquil lives from one generation to another. Judge, then, of my horror, gentle reader, at beholding the grizzly head of a villanous seal emerging above the waters, and like myself, looking out for the finny tribe. He races up, in an incredibly short space of time, from the mouth of the Namsen to the Fiskum Foss, beyond which neither he nor the salmon can go; and when he is once in the river all your sport is at an end, and you may as well lay down your rod in despair, and go home to your dinner and siesta-"Othello's occupation's o'er!"-for although there may be hundreds of salmon in the river, not one will rise at a fly, be it never so tempting; they have an instinctive feeling of the presence of their deadliest enemy, which entirely takes away their appetites; young and old, large and small, all alike dread the seal; they plunge into holes and corners, and hide themselves like a squandered cowering covey,

"Which cuddles closer to the brake,

Afraid to move, afraid to fly,"

when a hawk hovers over them. A glimpse of a seal clears the river; the salmon are stupified with fear, or occupied too much with self-preservation, to allow even Izaac Walton to catch them. I arrived at this conviction by frequent disappointments, and gave up all hope of sport at the appearance of this unwelcome and uninvited visitor. These aquatic monsters are to the salmon what the otter is to the trout; and as they roll by his boat the angler should always have his double-barrel and swan-shot at hand, as the only effectual method of warning them off. He and the cobbes are too much of the same trade ever to agree.

THIRD

INDEX

TO THE

PART OF 1842.

AINSWORTH, W. Harrison, Esq., notice of
his tale of the Miser's Daughter, 421
Albums, colours for, and inscriptions in,
84, 182

America, N., a modern tour in the United
States of, 396-The roads and ameni-
ties of travelling in, 403-Passage-boat
to Harrisburg, 405-The Shakers, 405

Barnabys in America, the, by Mrs. Trol-
lope, 17, 161, 297, 494
Beynon, Martha, a Story, 364
Blanchard, Laman, Esq., Persons whom

Every Body has Seen, by, 209, 289.-
Every-Day Lying, by, 264
Bonnycastle, Sir Richard, R.E., New-
foundland in 1842, by, reviewed, 140
Boston, in North America, visited, 397-
Its public institutions, 398 - Lowell
factory, 399

Boz in America, by Thomas Hood, Esq.,

396

Burke's Table - talk at Mrs. Crewe's,
530

C. C., Epigram, by, 230
Catharine (Parr), Queen, 131
Cattle-show, Smithfield, 150
Campan, Madame, 463

China, News from, by the Editor-No.
I., Jemima Budge to Mr. Abel Dottin,
281-No. II., Augustus Budge to his
his mother, 283-No. III., Abel Dot-
tin to Mrs. Budge, 287

China, Narrative of the Expedition to,
by Com. J. E. Bingham, R.N., re-
viewed, 406

China, more news from, by Thomas
Hood, Esq., 423

Cino's Lament for the death of Ricciarda
de' Selvaggia, 361

Dec.-VOL. LXVI. NO. CCLXIV.

Clarence, Duke of, drinks his father's
health, 528

Confession, A., by the Medical Stule
236

Country, the love of the, 87
Czarina, the (Catherine I.) by Mrs. Hof-
land, reviewed, 277

D'Arblay, Diary and Correspondence of
Madam 526

Death, 16

Dickens, Charles, Esq., American Notes
for General Circulation, 396
Dying in the odour of sanctity, 16

Epigrams, 53, 150, 280, 354, 361
Evans, D. T. Esq., a Glance at Gower
and the Gowerians," by, 363

Fashionable Vocabulary, Contributions to
a, by μ., 213

Geddes, Dr., Macaronic Poetry of, 228
Genius, Story of a, 379

German Spas, 439

Good Intentions, by μ, 346

Gower and the Gowerians, a Glance at,
by D. T. Evans, Esq., 362
Gray, Lady Jane, proclaimed, 153

Haywood, comedian and dramatist, 134
Hofland, Mrs., the Czarina, by, reviewed,

277

Hood. Thomas, Esq., The Elm Tree:
a Dream in the Woods (Poem), by, 1
-Epigram: The Superiority of Ma-
chinery, by, 53-On a First Attempt in
Rhyme, by E. M. G., 64-More Hul-
lahbaloo, by, 145-Epigram: On a
late Cattle-show in Smithfield, 150-
Horse and Foot, by, 157-The Season

2 R

(stanzas), 160-News from China, by, |
281, 423-No! on November, by, 354

-A Morning Thought, by, 361-Boz
in America, by, 396

Horse and Foot, by T. Hood, Esq., 157
Hot-Water Cure, 439

Huddleston, Mr., and Sawston Hall, 133
Hullabaloo, More, by Thomas Hood,
Esq, 145

Incumbents, the Five, by the Author of
"Peter Priggins." No. II., the Rector
of Rushley, 95-No. III., The Curate
of Mossbury, 192-No. IV., The Rec-
tor of Squashyfield, 327-No. V., the
the Sub-Vicar of Ditchingly, 507

Latin need not be bad Loyalty, 151
L'Estrange, Sir Roger, 15

Leah Meriel, by the Medical Student,
65

Literature of the Month (for SEPTEMBER):
-The Queens of England, Vol V., by
Miss Strickland, reviewed, 131-Per-
cival Keene, by Captain Marryat, re-
viewed, 136-Newfoundland in 1842,
by, Sir R. Bonny castle, R.E., reviewed,
140-Russia and the Russians in 1842,
by M. Kohl, reviewed, 142

(for OCTOBER): |
-Shakspeare, edited by C. Knight,
Esq., reviewed, 269-The Czarina, by
Mrs. Hofland, reviewed, 277

(for NovEMBER): |
-Boz,in America, reviewed, 396—The
Chinese War, &c., by Commander
Bingham, 406-The Nabob at Home,
&c., reviewed, 411

-

Self-devotion,

., On the Physiology of Lying, by, 54-
Contributions to a Fashionable Vocabu-
lary, by, 213-Good Intentions, by,
346

Macao, manners and trades of, described,
408

Macaronic Poets of England and Scot-
land, some Account of, Chap. II.—
William Meston-Doctor Geddes, 222
Machinery, the Superiority of, Epigram,
by T, H., 53

Marryat, Capt., R.N., C.B., Percival
Keene, by, reviewed, 136
Martha Beynon, a Story, 364
Mary I., of England, 132
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, Letters of,
and Documents connected with her
Personal History, with an Introduction
by Miss Agnes Strickland, reviewed,
416

Mass, an hour at (stanzas), by a Medical
Student, 112

Medical Student, Reminiscences of a.
No. VIII., Leah Meriel, 65—No. XI.,
A Confession, 236-No. X., XI.,
Story of a Genius, $79, 478 - An
Hour at Mass (stanzas), by a, 112
Meston, William, macaronic poetry of,

222

Million, singing for the, 150
Miser's Daughter, the, a Tale, by W.
Harrrison Ainsworth, Esq., reviewed,

421

Morning Thought, a, by T. H., 361
Moscow Councillor of Medicine, a, from
the Note-book of an Anglo-Russian,
323

England, reviewed, 411

edited by the author of the "Subal-Nabob at Home, the; or the Return to
tern," reviewed, 412-Nimrod Abroad,
noticed, 415-Letters, &c., of Mary
Queen of Scots, reviewed, 416-The
Miser's Daughter, a Tale, reviewed,

421

- (for DECEMBER):
-Historical Memoirs of the Queens of
France, by Mrs. Forbes Bush, 555-
Russia and the Russians in 1842, by J.
G. Kohl, Esq., Vol. II., 557-The Naval
Club; or, Reminiscences of Service,
by M. H. Barker, Esq. ("The Old
Sailor,") 559-The Literary Ladies of
England; from the commencement of
the last century to the present time, by
Mrs. Elwood, author of an "Overland
Journey to India," 573-Heath's Book
of Beauty. Edited by the Countess of
Blesington, 564-Phineas Quiddy, 565
-Norway and her Laplands in 1841,

566

Logon, Marc, "Love," by, 86
Love of the country, 87
Love (stanzas), by Marc Logon, 86
Lying, on the Physiology of, by p., 54
Lying, Every-Day, by Laman Blanchard,
Esq., 264

Newa, breaking up of the ice on the
river, 143

Newfoundland in 1842, by Sir R. Bonny-
castle, Lieutenant-colonel, R.E., re-
viewed, 140

New York, city of, 400
Nibelungen, Lament in the, 155
Nimrod Abroad, noticed, 415
No! Verses on November, by T. Hood,
Esq., 354

Noble, Mrs., Lieutenant Douglas, and
other shipwrecked persons, their mal-
treatment in China, 407

Ornither, the First of September; or, a
Day's Partridge Shooting, by, 113

Parchment and Isinglas, 153
Partridge-shooting, 113
Persian Bandit, the, by the Hon. Charles
Stuart Savile, 538

Persons whom Every Body has Seen, by
Laman Blanchard, Esq.-I., Those
who have got a spirit, 209-II., Those
who never had enough of a good thing,
211-III., Persons who know all

about it, 289-IV., Persons who are
never without an excuse, 292
Petersburg, St., the lower classes of,
142 Private residences at, 143-
Breaking up of the ice on the Neva,
143-Use of ice in Russia, 144
Philadelphia, the system of solitary im-
prisonment, 401

Philomelophagy, by Peregrine, 232
Phineas Quiddy; or, Sheer Industry,
by John Poole, Esq., continued, 121
Physicians, fashionable, 439
POETRY-The Elm Tree, by Thomas
Hood, Esq., 1-The Poppy, by Horace
Smith, Esq., 46-Epigram, by T.
Hood, Esq., 53-A First Attempt in
Rhyme, by E. M. G., 63-Love, by
Marc Logon, 86-An hour at Mass, by
a Medical Student, 112-More Hul
labbaloo, by T. Hood, Esq., 145—
Epigram on a late cattle-show, by T.
H., 150-The Season, by T. H., 160-
The Sun's Eclipse, by Horace Smith,
184 Macaronic Poetry of England
and Scotland, 223-No! on Novem-
ber, by T. H., 354 -A Morning
Thought, by T. H., 361
Polycarp, St., martyrdom of, 16
Poole, John, Esq., Phineas Quiddy, by,
continued, 121

-

Poppy, the (stanzas), by Horace Smith,
Esq., 46

Puffing, on, 151

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Settlements and Settlers, on, 257
Skulls, heroical and auctorial, 155
Short Rides in an Author's Omnibus, by
Horace Smith, Esq.-Sir Roger L'Es-
trange, 14-Death, 16-Dying in the
odour of sanctity, 16-Good Latin
need not be bad loyalty, 151-Puffing,
151-The tu quoque argument, 152-
Trimmers, 152-Parchment and Isin-
glass, 153-Skulls, heroical and auc-
torical, 155-Who are the truth
lovers,-156 Monopolists, 548-Mis-
application of Terms, 549-" There is
a soul of goodness in things Evil," 549
-Crooked Answers, 550-Tidiness,
551-The Arithmetic of Happiness,
552-Thelight from above, 554-Song,
554 Similes of Dissimilitude, 554
Smith, Horace, Esq., the Poppy, stanzas,
by, 46-The Sun's Eclipse, by, 184
Snow-storm, the, by the Hon. Charles
Stuart Savile, 47

Strickland, Miss, Vol. V. of the Queens
of England, by, reviewed, 131-Her
Introduction to the Letters of Mary
Queen of Scots, 417

Student of Louvain, the, by Elizabeth
Youatt, 186

Queen's of England, the, vol. v., by Sun's Eclipse, the, verses by Horace

Miss Strickland, reviewed, 131

Raleigh, Sir Walter, on death, 16
Reminiscences-see Medical Student
Rhyme, on a first attempt in, by T. Hood,
Esq., 63

Rushly, the Rector of, 95

Russia and the Russians in 1842, by M.
Kohl, reviewed, 142

Savile, Hon. Charles Stuart, the Snow-
storm, by, 47

Savile, Hon. Charles Stuart, contribution

School Friendships: an anecdote, by μ.,

456

Schwellenberg, Mrs., anecdote, 528
Season, the, stanzas, by Thomas Hood,
Esq., 160

Smith, Esq., 184

Sutherland, Gulielmi, Diploma, 223

Trimmers, 152

Trollope, Mrs., the Barnaby's in Ame-
rica (a continuation of the Widow
Married), by, 17, 161, 297, 494
Truth lovers, who are the, 156
Tu quoque argument, the, 152

Villa, a mysterious, 446, 448

Washington, city of, and the American
President, &c., 403

Youatt, Elizabeth, the Student of Lou-
vain, by, 186-Ricciarda de' Selvaggia,
by, 356

END OF THE THIRD PART OF 1842.

C. WHITING, BEAUFORT HOUSE.

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