Transcriber’s Note:
Obvious printer errors corrected silently.
Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.
About This Book
A travelling narrator recounts extended tent-camp excursions through Norwegian fjords, mountains, and villages while journeying with a travelling troupe of gipsies. The narrative blends practical accounts of camp fittings, routes, donkeys, and provisions with episodic sketches of music, dances, local encounters, mishaps, weather, and wildlife. Recurring set-pieces include fishing, market and hotel stops, interactions with peasants and officers, and the troupe's internal life—named companions, songs, and fortunes. Observational passages emphasize landscape scenery, hospitality, honesty, and the routine challenges of mobile life, offering a series of lively travel episodes rather than a single plotted arc.