New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-18

.ervart-eir Who fpose n'o"e'oo
u,er,t care The seXt morning Wa 10 essNss
hor,., and .pd on my jo,is4 papers. We wsr
,or 70 travel BY '.skJa;s' pronounced sssosl o.
po.., taking new horses st essh station 90 Ae road
The f5rbsd tichets are simply orders for horses
be ready At An appoln ed time, and are sent ID
vance to al the stations on the road, either BY NAL
or BY special messenger. Without this preesa'
ton, was told, We might Be subjected 70 eonsa-
cradle delay. This mode Of travelling s peSsarh
Sweden and Norway. II was originally estaohsSed,
l believe, BY Charles XII, bot has IN Dcdihd
and systemaiifed aimee hat time. Az am BOO
beginning to undentand its character and resuIa-
tons, | find il much lees complex and more prsst-
cal than 1t first il appeared 10 ne.
Prof. Rstzus had referred me 10 The sotaaisk
Hartman in case Of need, bu, determined 70 con-
msnee BY helpipg myself. l had little officially
at first: the people are unused 70 speaking VIA
foreigners, and if you SIX them to tAiA Ho~y 0ey
invariably rattle away tSice as fast /" oe''e
went into a variety shop on the public square sSd
! s.ksa where could engage horses Tor sobAs'sl
After making myself understood - 'urp'se<as
| clerk handed me some new brides. 10y dn'
laundering, gradually eircumscroed tee 'Anse
NV ipau rie., and finally came TO s"eus o. NE
right pace. Having ordered horses u = isc seht
mornir g, and dispatched the t6rSad hcsss ~ tse
afternoons mail, l Eel. that bed msdoa good Dc
Gil ming. and We set GU. to make the teur OF Cene
This is town Of eight or ten lhousaod noAo'-
tants. with q considerable shipping interest and
naval school Ii pretty place well built, and
with \ eat. substantial air. The houses sre moseg
two stories high, white, and with spsesoss yards
in the rear The country around 10 low bu. rolling,
and finely clothed with dark forests Of hr and pIne
II was superb day-eloricusy clear, with ascetn
wind. braciDg and no, too cold, and self, Pse
Iustre from the cloudess sun. But such day!
Sunrise melting into sunset without . noop-a hus
morning twilight, low, slant sun, shinns CD mo
house tops for IN hour or 49, and the even ns tw'
heht at three in the afternoon. as'flas seemed
real in this strsDge, dying ieht-not,>~e os' NY
Ignorance of Swedsb whenever tried to tsIA.'
In the at ernoon, We called on the Mag s,er Hart
man, whom We found porting over his plants. he
spoke English tolerabIy. and having made journey
through Lapand from Tornea to the Lypsen Hord.
was able TO gise as some information hbou; the
country. He encouraged us in the belief .aA: No
should find the Journey more rapid and easy IN
Winter than IN Summer. He said the Swedes
feared the north, and few Of them ever made
Winter Journey thiih.r but no.biDg could SOP Tie
Americans ard the Engb.h fro n going anywhere.
He also comforted us with the ASSURANCE 'os' we
should find snow only six s .edish Qorly ESghsA)
mile, further north. Lat coo So n, the i7A o.
December, and no snoS JET!
In the streets We met AZ organ.giodtf playing
the Marseil are. There was no mistakug he let
black hair, the golden complexion and the ofdIisn.
eyes Of the PLAYER. Sete kaiiaao'" | ssked
Sicuro" he ans sered joyously: &C Le. sso1'T
All" be .sid, in answer TO my questions, 10 npa
smo questo psese; freddo Cd oscIrc; DOC y
| gsppa niente-ma n Itslla 81 cire.' Ny fred
Zegler had already assured NE: "one sbOuA No
the North, but DOT oJher the South" Well, 1e
shall see but confess that twenty degrees hollow
zero would have chilled noe less than tne ,sht Of
that Italian.
We were at the inn punctuAlly at 6 in The morn
ing, but our horses were not ready. The h.Il.art
or hostler, after hearicg my remonsIances went
on splitting wood, and, ~ did not know enough Of
Swedhh to scold VITA any profit was cbJgei 10
remain wrahful aud silent. He insisted on py
writing something q could not undersyaad whA,)
in the post-book, so c>pied the affidavit Of pre-
cedlpg traveller and signed my name 10 it, winch
seemed TO answer the purpose. After more than
, half an hour, two rough two wheeled carts were
, gotten ready, and the farmers 10 whom hey BE-
hinged packed themselves and our luggage INTO orc
Leaving as TO drive the other. We mounted rolled
ourselves in our furs thrust our feet INTO tho bsy
and ratified out Of Gefe in tho frosty moonlight.
Such was our 6rst experience Of travelling By SHUTS.
The road went norhward, ato dstk forests, over
the same undulating yet mono'Ouous country - be-
FORE The ground was rough and hard, and our
progress slow, 20 that we did not reach lie end u
tho first station 30 N les) until so'ccct As ~
drove into the posthouse, three other traveller,
whs had the start Of rs, and consequently ue hfst
right TO horser, drove away. WA damaged 70
End tia. my J5rbud had NOT been received sn' to
bostler informed me tina. by paying twelve sn iEbgs
extra could have horses at once. While .se bes
carts were gettDg ready, the pOs!msn, wrapped 10
, wolfsbin, and with face REDEEMED by tbs sTbd,
came up and handed out my JSrbad hche:. S'eh
, was our first experience Of J6rbSd.
On the next staten the peasant who WIS ahssd
with our luggage left the main roa1 and toos
rough track through the woods. Preseo,iy We
came TO q large inlet Of the Bothni2n CAT frozen
solid from shore to shore, and upon this we body
!, struck out The ice was nearly foot thSk, and
as sold q, marble. 50 we drove for 3. Ieas. fear