New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-01
Bayard Taylor in Northern Europe.
NO XII.
sLnsH-RIDE THROUGH NoRRLAND.

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INBRrAFLB, sesy Ussssa, Dec. "a 1856.
ny last letter, believe, closei with our arrival
u ssnasvAIl. This is = pretty little town ( tive
" three thousand mbabstsn;s, SITUATED st the bead
Of . broad and magnificent bay. 1t is ibe eastern
tunnos Of the only post-rOad scross the moan
hins " Trondjem Drontheim) in Norway, ahch
3ssses through the rich and popuIous province OF
Jsnteland. 1t is consequently, Lively and BUSTING
pace, and has = cons derable cosstng trade Inc
LAY If or our arrival was msrket-day, and hundreds
q ,Ae EOfrIsDders throDged the streets AMI puohc
sgpare They were al fresh, strong, coarse, hoaesh
heaithy peopt-the IDen with Yong yellow n"r'
large noses and blue eyes, the women S'so the
sosiest Of checks add she fullest development Of
BODY and b. Many Of the latter were bs'ques
r jackets OF sbeep.k with the wool Inside, striped
Dsttioests and bright red stockings. Foe men were
aresssd IN shaggy ,beepskin coats, or carmen" oi
peiD4eer skio, with the hair outward. Ihere w
vast collection Of low NorrlsDd seds, ls1en Win Dun
~, cheese, hay, and wild game, aud drawn ~ '"e
yosgh and tough little horses of the county here
va sill plenty Of life and animation, although we
we're already 30 far north that The sue did not
shine upon Sand,vall the whole day. oeing ndoen
ty low hill 10 the south. The snoSJ ridges on
the north. however, were bright rosfste blush
kon hls rays, from 10 until 2.
We called uptn a merchant of the place, 20 whom
I had a letter of introduction. He Is almost Eoe
suly nan bsye met who seems 10 understand why
40 70 the north, and VINO has encouraged me 70
push on. The people in Stockholm, he says, know
nothing about Northern Sweden; the journey Is
not at all difficult, aud will be very interesting
He advised me TO give up travelling BY forbud, 70
purchase couple Of sieds and take our caauce OF
fading horses. We would have no trouble IN
taking from 40 to so English miles per day. On
returning TO the inn made the landlord understand
what We wanted, but could not understand him In
return. At this juncsure came in handsome fel-
low, with cosmopolitan air, whom Braisled re-
eosnzed, BY certain invisible signs, IS the mate of
. ship, and who explained the matter in very good
English. i purchased two PLAIN but light and
strongly made seds for so rigs (abour $i4), which
seemed very cheap, bat nave since learned that
paid much more than the current price.
On repscAiDg our effects, We found thai every
thing iqu d was fr0zen-even a csmphOraed NIX
tsre, which had been carefully wrapped In flannel.
The cold, therefore, mast have been much more
we're Than we supposed. Our supplies, also, were
considerably dsmaged-tbe lantern broken, pow
dsf-fask cracked, and the salt, shot, nails, wad-
ding, &C., mixed together in beautiful confusion
Everything was slowed in one Of the Meds, which
WA driven by the posdllion; the other contained
saly our two selves. We were off the next morn
ing, a. the first streaks Of dawn appeared IN the
sky. The roads about Sundsvsn were very much
cut up, and even before getting oat of the town we
were pitched over head and ears into snow bank.
We climbed slowly up and dArsed headlong down
the ridges which descend from the west toward the
BetAnisn Gulf dividing it's tributary rivers; aud,
toward SUNRISE came to broad bay, completely
frozen over and turned toto snowy plain. Wish
some difficulty the skJststonds made one understand
that shorter road led across the ice to the second
post-syation, fla, avoiding one change of horses
The way WAS rough enough at first, over hesped
blocks OF ice, but became smoother where the wind
had full sweep, and had cleared the water before
freezing. Our road was marked out by double
row Of young fr.trees, planted in the ice. The bay
wa completely laI blocked, embraced by bold
sweep of wooded hills with rich, populous valleys
between. Before us, three or four miles across,
lay the little port Of Wifsts-wsrf where several
vessels -emopg them ship of three or four hun
ased tuns-were frozen in for the Winter. We
crossed, assembled long hill, and drove on through
hrwoods to Fial little hamlet with large inn.
Here we got breakfasts and though it may be In
bad taste TO speak Of what one eats, the breakfast
was in such good taste that cannot pass over it
without lingering to enjoy, in memory its wonder
ful aroma Besides, if il be true, IS some shock
ngly gross persons assert that the belly is moro
important district of the human economy than the
brain, good meal deserves chronicng no less than
N exalted impression. Certain it Is, that strong
digestive are TO be preferred to strong thinking
powers-better live unknown than to die OF dys-
pepsis. This was our fist country meal In Norr-
land, of whose fare the Stockholmers have horror,
yet that stately capital never furnished a better.
We had beefsteak and onions, delicious olood-pud-
dpg, the tenderest Of pancakes no OnssLete sor6ee
eosld be more fiagile), with ruby raspberry jaG,
and bottle of genuine English porter. Ii you
think the bill of fare too heavy and solid, take a
drive of fifteen miles in the regions OF Zero and then
let your delicate stomach decide.
In picturesque dell near FJal we crossed the
rapid IndN River, which comes down from the
mountains Of Norway. The country was wild and
broken, with occasional superb views over frozen
arms of the Gulf and the deep rich valleys stretch
hg inland. Leaving Hern6sand, the capital of the
province, few mules 70 our right, We kept the
main northern road, slowly advancing from station
TO station with old and tired horses. There was q
snow. storm in the afternoon after which the sky
came out splendidly clear, and gorgeous with the