Larvik

Perhaps this observation has been made before, but it did not occur to me until I saw the waves continually beating against the bare rocks, without ever receding to leave a sediment to harden.

The wind was fair till we had to tack about in order to enter Laurvig, where we arrived towards three o'clock in the afternoon.

It is a clean, pleasant town, with a considerable ironwork which gives life to it.

As the Norwegians do not frequently see travellers, they are very curious to know their business and who they are.