New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-13
Bayard TaylOr in Northern Europe.
No. XXXvIl

Cone<,ondsDee Of fss n y. Tribune.
INs OF BJ0BERG, NORWAY, kug q, 1857.
Our r.turn from the Vorns Poss 80 che hsDles
Of swb5 VS.. accomplished without acei5en. or pse-
icul.r incident Al We we're crossing The Esfjofds
wand. The .toess Of The savage glen still more pro-
fond 10 the du,k ei evening, vas broken " the
sudden thunder Of Aide in sOrs valley 20 :as eass
~,rs. Peder stepped in he midst OF Fms Dag
psd hfr.t," Asd lnteDed. "Ho," said .e, I" me
spriDg 10 the time wien the rocks come down oa'
tast sounds Ike q big 'eloI, too.' Peae' "s' Ho'
30 lively on tie wsJ back, %: beesn'e 10 "s' Ia
Hgse3, FIR, 10 ,bsvipg Is how saey daa'ed On 'ae
fjea, 10 auns him,ef into the Ar 10 m.'seIous
manner ana turned over twice before no csue
dean. but carly becsu'e he lad broken OGc eos'e
os milk. and partly bscsnse there wss seme,hmg IN
tu m,pd. y aitsd pa:ienty, knowing :ha, it would
ooms out, 60 indeed i. did "You see" sid he
bestsunsy, "soms travellers give drink money
% tie guide. It isn't an Oblg.tiOn, sou know, bas
then some give it. Now il you shoald choose 20
give me ny.hipg, don: give it 70 tho landlord ior
ne, because taen ! won't 80; t. Yen are rot found
30 d. 20, you know, but-seme travellers do IT, acd
I don't know BAT You might, also. Row II you
should, give il directly 10 ms and taen wiil have
il" When we reached VIII, We called Pedeg aside
ard gave him three marks "Oh, you must pay
your bill 70 the landlord" ss'd Re "But that Ii
your drinl money" explained. "Thst" 10 ex-
olsimed; "it il not possible! Fris dig Dsd tfo's,"
70 aud 90 he sang, cut pigeon wing or two, and
proceeded TO bnot ADD double knot tie money IN
corner Of Bis poke. handkerchief
"COne and take SWIM" ssid Peder, rssP'
pssriDg. IL can swim ever since fell into sne
wster. tumbled Of the pier, you mGst know, and
down went Everything became black before my
s,ss. and thought TO myself: 'Peae., this is The
end Of you! but ] kicked and splashed, nesershe
hess, until my eyes opened agsin, wide enough 70
80 where a rope gss. Well ate. fJaad could
fail into the water without drowning, l wss 10.
Afraid to swim" In fso., Pedey now swam very
well, and houDdered about with sres: sasi'fsction
ip the ice cold wster. single swim was sll 1
could endure. After supper, the lapdlady came IN
10 tax TO me about America. Bas hsd son 10
California and daughter in Wisconsln, and showed
Nc their dsguerreoty pes and some bits Of gold with
sre.t pride. She was q stout kindly, moseerly
body, and paid special attention TO our wants on
finding where we csme from. Indeed, we were
treated in the most friendly manner By these good
people, and bad no reason to complain Of our reck-
onpg, on leaving. This experience confirms me in
The belief that honesty AID simplicity may sill be
charscteristics Of the Norwegsns in the more 70
mote parts of the country.
We bsde cordial farewell to Vik next morning,
md ,st of on return, in splendid sunshine Pc
der was in the boat, reoicsd to se with US sssiu,
and we had no sooner gotten uoder way, than he
bos,n singing: "Fris dig psd Ifot" Il Was an
inseAiely hst day. and the shores of Uvk we're per-
fscsly dazzling The turf bad aiksn gloss; the
trees stood daikly and richly green, and the water
was puYest sapphire. at is beautiful bay, ia IL
netf" said the farmer who furnished " with
horses, after we mad eft the boat aud we're slowly
climbing tie fjsh. i thought ned never seen
finer; but when heaven and earth are in entire har
mopy when form, color aad atmosphere accord
Ike some rish swell Of music whatever one sees il
perfect Hence shall not say how beautiful the
bay of Uvih was 10 me- since, under other ssPec's'
sAe description would Eot be true. The farmers
little daughter, however, who came along TO take
back one Of the horses, wOnld have been pleasant
Appsriton 81 any time and In any season. She wore
her Sunday dress, consisting Of scarlet bodice
cvsr q white chemise, srt On pettooas and white
spron, while her shining AaIe2 hsr was plated mo
one long braid with narrow strips Of crimson aad
yellow cloth, aud then twisted like garland around
her head. She was no. more than twelve or thir'
teen years old, bat tail, straight as q young pine,
and beautifully formed, With the promise Of early
maidenhood in the gentle swell Of her bosom. Her
complexion was lovely-pink. Frightened with sun
burnt gold-and her eyes lle tss blossoms Of the
forget ne not, in hue. In watching her firm yet
graceful tread, as she easily kept pace with the
horse, ] could no. realize that in few more years
she would probably be no more graceful and bean.
tful than the women at work in the 6elds-cOarse,
slamsy shapes, with frowry hair, lesthsry faces,
ard enormous banging breasts.
In the Bergepstift, however, one sometimes sees
Aprety face, and the natural grace Of the form is
not always Loot. About Vosssvangsn, for instance,
the farmers daughters are often quite handsome;
but Beauty, either male or female, lie in Norway the
rArest spparition. The srowaup women, espe.
cislly after marriage, are in general remarkably
plain. Except among some Of the native tribes of
Africa, have nowhere seen such overgrown, loose,
pendent breasts a. among them. This is not the
case In Sweden, where, if there are few bssuties,
there are at .ess. great may pssssble faces.
two nations, and the greater variety Of feature and
complexion in Norway seems 70 indicate less CON-
ple,e fusion Of the original stocks.
We were rowed across the Craven Lake By an
Old farmer, who wore the costume of The last cen.