On the 11th of the Eighth Month he bade farewell to this interesting place, and, accompanied by Endre Dahl, again crossed the mountains to Christiansand, holding meetings at several places on the sea-coast, where none had ever been held before.  His notices of some of these meetings are well worth transcription.

14_th_—­Journeyed about fourteen miles up the fiord, into the mountains, to Aamut in Qvindesdalen.  This meeting was the most solemn of any we have had.  Many said, in tears, at the conclusion, This is a doctrine that we cannot resist; it goes to our heart, and meets the conviction of our own experience.  What shall we do?—­our heart burns within us!

15_th_.—­We returned to Foedde to a meeting this afternoon, which was, I think, the largest we have had.  There were two large rooms filled, and a number seated on planks on the grass; not less than about 700 persons were present.  Many followed us to the lodging, to converse on subjects that lay near their hearts, and to ask for tracts and books.  Among them was a man who goes about to exhort the people to amendment of life.  He appeared to be a simple, sincere character, and was much satisfied with our meeting, saying, as if from the bottom of his heart, How remarkably, how wonderfully, have the truths of the gospel been opened and explained to us this day!

16_th_.—­At Fahrsund we had some difficulty to procure a place for a meeting.  It is a brandy-drinking place.  No one would bear anything of our business.  A rich old lady has a large room which she lets for all kinds of purposes except for anything connected with religion; she gave an abrupt refusal to the application.  E. Dahl and I went to the English vice-consul, showed him my certificate, and explained to him the object of my visit to Fahrsund.  He kindly accompanied us to the old lady, and told her that we belonged to a respectable religious society in England and were not the persons she supposed, come to preach wild doctrines.  She consented to let us occupy the entrance-hall, which was good and spacious.  The consul then went with me to call on the sheriff; he said he and his lady would attend the meeting, which they did, with a good many of the respectable inhabitants, but the common people would not come near us.  One man to whom a notice was offered, when he saw the word worship, immediately tore it to pieces.  The lady to whom the room belonged sat near me all the meeting, and looked serious before the close; and she took leave of us with very different feeling from that in which she first met us.  The sheriff came to me after the meeting and offered his hand, saying, I thank you for the present occasion—­I shall never forget it.

Before the meeting at Foedde John Yeardley had an opportunity of refreshing his mind with the charms of Norwegian nature.