New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-15

telds we're literally aesaies Of flre, Y7r2s, p'ss,
yellow and orimson bloom. Ciumre Of Wild roses
f.;pgel he road, md 20 air was delicious viii 8
.so1saDd ojO-s. Na.ure vas Arobb.og via tie
fal.ness OF be, shor. nids1nne: life, WITH that
sudden aod splendid rebound irom The tne trance
Of Winter which .be nowhere make except IN he
extreme DoGth.
A. Klasken, which is called .Isgslse station,
where horses must be specially e1sagei' We we're
oSiieed 70 wait two hours and a hAh, who tseS
were sent for from distance Of four miles. me
inter- coclness ind Indifference Of he people 70 or
desire to get on faster was quito natural, snd all
the better for them, DO doubt, out il was PROVOKING
~ u.. We whllea away part CT the ame with
breakfast, which YVES compcsed manly OF oous'i
eggs and an immense dish Of wild st.sWoerrles, OF
very snak size but zquisitey fragrant bnSor. lie
neIt station brought US to Vssbunden, 81 the hesd
oil the beautiful, Randsfor1 which xas luckily
fast station and the fresh horses were forthcoming
in two minutes. Our road all the afternoon lay
along che eastern bank Of the Fiord coursiag up
sad down the bills through succession OF the
le7elest landscape pictures. This part Oh Norway
will bear q comparison with the softer parts OF
Switzerland, such as the Lakes OF Zurleh and
Thun. The LILLY shores of the Fiord were covered
with scattered farms, .hs villages being merely
churches with half dozen houses clustered about
them. have not yet seen village Of hundred
inhabitants: the country people seem to I've for
the most part Isolated, each on HE own property.
At sunset we left the lake and CLIMBED long,
wooded mountain TO hight Of moro than two
thousand feet. 1t ives a weary pull until we
reached the summit, but we rolled swiftly down
10 the other side to the inn ef Teerud, cur desna-
ton, which we reached about 10 p. IN. 1t was
quite light enough to read, yet everybody was IN
bed, and the place seemed deserted, until We re-
membered what latitude We were in. Finally the
landlord appeared, followed by girl whom on
account Of her size and blubber, BREASTED compared
TO cow whale. She had been turned out of her
bed 70 make room for us, and We two instantly
rolled into the warm hollow she had left my Nj.
lotto friend occupying a separate bed in another
corner. The guests room was an immense apart.
meut: eight sets of quadrilles might have been
danced in it ut one time. The walls were hung
with extraordinary pictures of the Six Days OF
Creation, in which the Almighty was represented
az an old man dressed in long gown, and Pc
cuEarly eood.humored leer, suggesting wink, on
bis face. have frequently seen the same series of
pictures in the Swedish inns. In the morning
WAS aroused by Braisted eIclaiming, "There she
blows" and the whale came up 10 the surface with
huge pot of coffee, some sugar candy, excellent
cream and musty buiscuit
1t Was raining when we started, and l put on
light coat, purchased in London, aud recommended
in the advertisement as being Light in texture,
{" gen.lemanly in appearance, and imper7ous to
"wet," with strong doubts of its power to resist
Norwegian rain. Fortunately it was not put to
severe test; we had passing showers only, heavy,
though short. The country between the Randsford
and the Mi6sen Lake vas open and rolling, every.
where under cultivation and apparently rich and
prosperous. Our road was admirable. and We
rolled along at the rate Of one NOrsk mile (seven
mles) an hour, through land in full blossom aud
an atmosphere of verDal odors. At the en1 Of the
second station we struck the main road from
Christiania u Drontheim. In the station house
found trauslatious Of the works of Dickens and
Captain Chamier On the table. The landlord was
the most polite and attentive Norwegian we had
seen, but he made pay for it, charging one and
half marks 80 cents) apiece for breakfast Of
boiled eggs and eheete.
Starting again in a heavy shower we crossed the
crest Of HILL and saw all at once the splendid
MiGsen Lake spread cut before us, the Lofty Island
Of Helqe covered with farms and forests, lying in
Tie center Of the picture. Our road went north.
ward along the side Of the vast sweeping slope of
farm land which bounds the lake on the west It's
rough and muddy condition showed how lite land
travel there is at present, since the establishment
Of daily line of steamers on the lake. at the
station of GjSvik, glass furnace, situated IN
wooded little deli on the shore, found young
Norwegian who spoke toleTable English, and who
seemed astounded at not taking the steamer IN
preference 10 our carroIes. lie hardly tiouy ht it
possible that we could be going al the way to
Li,Dehapmer. at the head of the lake, By the land
road. When we set out, our position took way
leading Up the hills in the rear of the pace.
Knowing that oar course was along the shore, We
asked bin! i We were ON the road 70 Sveen, the
next staten. "Oh, yes; it e all right" said ne;
.tLis is = new road II vas, in truth, SUPERB
highway: broad and perfectly ma,adamized, aud
.esdios along the brink Of deep rocky chasm,
down when Numbered powerful stream. From
,be top Of this glen we struck inland keeping more
and more 70 tie westward. Again We asked tins
position, and again received the same answer.
Finally, when We had Travelled Elk or seven miles,
and the lake had wholly disappeared, stopped aud
demanded where Syeen was. "Sve.n is nor on
this ruai" be answered; we are gong - Mustad."
.sut," exclaimed we are bound 6r Seen