New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-11
Bayard Taylor in Northern Europe.
No XIII.
NO ALL
FROM UNDER THE AURORA BOREALI6.

ouIesp1nceree Of The ~ " Tnoone.
BAPARAEsA (sssea,,h Turpeaa) Jan q 1867.
Here we are at last, at the bead If tho BJthsan
OsB, within q dsy's jyarney Of the Arctic Circle
The window Of oar room loon across ffozen
nivo 70 the soo~y sp res Of TUnesa, NV u p ~
nahfed by tse last rays of the setting sun' AZ
W,etboim, wh zee aid have been oo1seo " 'uu
uCs, forbds me leaving the bouse Tor u"''' o'1
HA.. .scr,., ma .noie leisure for coahnalns 'hs
sHssy Of our adventures.
n, law VIA, 20 painful on reaching Pi'eaa th.t l
49, ,hou. in torment the whole night utterly
uoabe 10 sleep. Toe long Dor 0efa neu' S7o"'o1
=. ait would never come 70 an eod, aud arose IN
ne morning much more fauene1 and e1n ,asted tnan
vhen lsy down. II was u below Zero, and the
r2srm still blowing, but The cAd seemed to relieve
nav face hr.e, aud 20 we set ou. Tne roais were
Nav but istle broken, and stDl led over huls
sua through ntermDab,e forests Of mingled mr. ana
pine, in the dark, imperfect day. TOOK ous h''e
p>ae of the ,cenery, but was 80 dro Fsy ano over
ammo hat BREASTED at last filed the long baggage
.,sA WITH h,v and eat at the rear, 30 thai could
r. ..,e,ch,d oot. with my head upon hs lap Here,
m .y;,s Of the cold and wind l lsy in warm, STU
piS hAfsIeeP.
us lad ,weive miles to Old Luleaa, with tired
hors.,. heavy roads, and q lazy driver. lay down
.s.p. d,zed az usual, and tried 70 forge. my tor
>sar,s. 30 passed thtte hours; the night had long
set IN, with clear shy, 1872 beow zero, and
shNp wind bowin<. All az once an e1cianaaon
rom Br.is.ed aroused me. opened my eyes, as
Ny in bis lap, looked upward, and saw narrow
bel. or scarf Of silver fire sttetcang directy across
SAe zenith, with iss loose, frayed ends slowly sway
hs to and fro down the slopes of the sAy. Pres
sssly j. began TO wSver, bending back and firth,
sonetimss slowly, sometimes with a qulct, s2ring-
ma motion, ~ if testing its elasticity Now it took
10 shspe Of bow, now undo ated into HogArth's
kne Of beauty, bfish ediDs and tanng N its sinuous
motion, and fuay formed shepherds crook, the
end Of which suddenly began to separate AMI fall
of, a. il driven by strong wind, unal the who
bit ,hot away in long, DIFF Ing lines Of fiery snow.
It then gathered again into a dozen dancing ftag-
nsnt,, which alternately advanced and retreaed,
sAot hther and Ihilher, against and scrDss cash
sther, blszed Gus IN elo~ and rosy eaos or p.ed
again, playing q Thousand fantastic pranks, as if
as,Std BY some wild whm.
We hay silent, with upturned faces, watching this
VOL derful spectacle. Suddenly the scattered Ilgats
raD 4 getter, as by common impulse, joined their
bright ends, twisted them through each other, aud
I'll III broad, lumn JUS curtain straight doSnTar
through the air unit its friDged hem swaog appar-
su,b oa. few yards over our heals. Tos pae-
nomenon WAS so unexpected and startling that for
= nOmkn, thought our faces would be touched BY
he shrts Of the glorious aurorai drapsry. IL did
lot follow the sphere curve of the frmanent, but
huop plumb from the zenith, falling, apparently,
millions Of leagues through the air, IFS folds gata-
cred together among the stars and its elm 'rodery
Of fame sweeping the earth and she1ding pale,
mccarthy radiance over the wastes Of snow. A mo-
mens aftefward ie was sg 1in drawn up, parted,
waved its flambea1x and sho. It's lsnces hitler aud
thitler, advaDc ng and retreatng as before. Any
Ming 30 strange, 70 capncious, 30 wonderful, 80
aloriously beautiful, scarcely hope TO zoe again.
By this tine we came upon the broad L1eaa
River and we're hall an hour trsversiDg lis frozen
surfsce, still watching the show ABOVE us, which
gradually became fainter and less active. Finally
we reached the opposite suore, drove up oog
slope, through large village Of stables, and past
the imposipg church Of Old Luleaa TO the nm 1t
was now nearly 8 O'clock very cod. aud l was
thoroughly exhausted But the inn wss already
full OF travellers and there NJ place to 10y our
heads. The landlord, a subnmey Indifferent SSede,
ooolly ADVISED US TO 60 on ~ Perso, ten mes dis
tan.. tolo him had not slept for I've nights but
10 merely shrugged his SHOULDERS, repeatet 8 si-
vice and offered " furnnh horses 8. once, t. get
oil. II wass long, cold, d'eary ride aud Vas in
o state Of se1i Consciousness the whole tiue. We
reached Pers6 about eleven, found the house fall Of
travellers, but procured t~o small beds in a small
room with sno.her ms1 in it, and went 10 sleep
without supper. WAS so thoroughly worn out that
Iso, about three hours rest, in spite Of my pam.
We took coffee in bed at seven, and started for
Raanby n, on the Rasueaa Riser. TIE day VS. 10
ing, Temperature SO be ON zero. The country wss
bow, slightly undula,ipg, with occasional wide views
10 the north the ulets Of the gulf and vast VIDE
tracts Of forest The settlements were still ss fee
suens Is ever, but there vac tie apparent cut
vasion except flax. R.aobyn is arge village, with
. stately church. The people we're putting no
boon. for fair 70 fair in the opea air IN La. 65e
n. with the mercury freezing }, which explained
ASe increased travel on the ro,A. We Kept o, to
Hvitaa for breakfast thus gettiog north of he l.t
1zde Of Tornesa; thence our road tucnsd east ward
ae right angles around lhe hesd of tie gulf. Much
ssOw bad fallen, but the ROAD had been po we'd, sod
We had tolexable track, except wo-n passing
skd., which sometimes gave us 40 Ove,turn.
We now bad uninterrupted forest soensry b.
tween tie ssssoos-snd such scenery Is is al