FOREST SCENES IN NORWAY AND SWEDEN: BEING EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF A FISHERMAN. By The Rev. Henry Newland, Rector and Vicar of Westbourne.

1854 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 189mm). Ppvi,418. B/w illustrations. Re-bound in red cloth with original decorative gilt cloth laid on to upper and lower board and spine titles.

The author recalls his travels to northern Europe with many notes on fishing and shooting. "These northern sketches are, in truth, a continuation of a former work, 'The Erne, its Legends and its Fly-fishing;' as the expedition which gave rise to them was in every respect the same as the old Belleek fishing-association, with a simple change of scene". Chapters include:- Preparation; The voyage; The Shipwash Sand; The landfall; Christiansand; The Torjedahl; The encampment Mosse Eurd; Making a night of it; The hell fall; Departure from Torjedahl; The mountain march; The homestead; The church; Breaking up the encampment; Eider duck hunting; The coasting voyage; Gotheborg; Trollhatten; Gaddeback; Wenern; The meet; The commencement of the Skal; The Satterval; Making another night of it; The watch fire; Beating out the Skal; The ball; The wedding; Homeward bound.