Notes on Norway, or, A brief journal of a tour made to the northern parts of Norway in the summer of 1836 / by William Dawson Hooker.

  • Hooker, William Dawson, 1816-1840.
Date:
1839
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Credit: Notes on Norway, or, A brief journal of a tour made to the northern parts of Norway in the summer of 1836 / by William Dawson Hooker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    TO THE VERY REVEREND DR. MACFARLAN, &C. &C'. &c. To you, my dear Sir, have I ventui'ed to dedicate the following pages, de- scriptive of a summer vacation spent in a voyage to the arctic shores of Norway, and of a few weeks' residence among their interesting inhabitants. This excursion was undertaken at a very early age, with the view of gratify- ing a thirst for travelling, and an ardent love (inherited though it be) of the works of nature, while yet a student in the College over which you have long presided with so much honour to yoiurself and usefulness to the Institution and to the country at large. I have the honour to be, My Dear Sir, With the highest respect. Your faithful and obedt. Servant, W. D. HOOKER. WoonsiDE Crescent, ) Glasgow, Sep. 30, lSo9. f