The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

121 SCAHDINAYIA.the houses are mainly of brick or granite from the neighbouring quarries.Amongstthe public buildings, conspicuous are the Chambers, law courts, and large schools,including the University, founded in 1811, and recently greatly enlarged toaccommodate the extensive collections of the museum and the continually increasinglibrary, now containing 180,000 volumes.To the University are also attacheda botanic garden and astronomical and meteorological observatories, the latterrendered famous by the labours of Mohn.Christiania is a considerable industrial centre, with numerous spinning-mills,distilleries, and other works. Second to Bergen in its export, it stands first in itsimport trade, and is connected by regular steam service with all the towns on theFig. 60. Drammen and its Fiord.Scale 1 : 122,000.Scandinavian seaboard, the large ports of Western Europe, and New York. A networkof railways also places it in direct communication with Trondhjem, Gefle,Stockholm, Goteborg, and Malmo. The population, scarcely 8,000 at the beginninoot the century, has increased tenfold since then, the annual rate of increasenow being about 1,000. It is noted for its healthy climate and beautiful surroundings.The Glommen basin, although the largest in Norway, has no important townsor its upper course, except the mining city of Roros. Much nearer to the capitaliii Eidsveid, on the navigable outlet of Lake Mjosen, where the first NorwegianStorthing met aftei the treaty of union with Sweden in 1814. It had for