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

time, We descended stoep NIL 70 shc ~ usno "'o'
The water oamed aud tAundored under tAe bridge
and could barely see tha. 1t fol- in series Of
rapids over the rocks
Atho Myke, which we reached az o ociook'
our horses had bcen ready four hours, which gave
US dollar bapco rdntspersingGr waiting money
70 Day. The landlord staroy, Jolly fellow, with
x1izzly hair and prosperous abdomen, asked if we
were Ff,scb and addressed bin In that Language.
Hesnswered in English 90 learning that we were
Americans. On bis saying that he had learned
Ebglss ia Tripoi, addressed him in Arabic. His
eyes 6sshed. he burst into a roaring laugh Of the
proloundest delight, and a, once answered IN the
nses,ic gut+uras Of the Orient Allah akhJar ~
be cred; " have been Visiting twenty years for
soDs ODe to spesk ~ me 10 Arabic, and you are
the first" He afterward changed 70 Italian,
which be spoke perfectly well, and preferred to
any foreign language. We were detained half an
hour by bis delight and went of forgetting to pay
for bottle Of beer, the price Of which sent osck
by the siJrtsbond,, or pos'liOn
This skjutsJoade ~ss stupid fellow, who TOOK US
long. circuitous Iosd, in order 70 save uine' we
hurried along in the darkness, constantly crying OUT
"K6- paa -, Drive on , and narrowly missing
hundred oyer.urns. Is was II at night before We
reached the inn at Kungsgssrden, where, FORUM
ately. The people were awake, and the pleasant old
lsnd,od5 sOon had our horses ready. We had yet
sixteen English miles 20 Bro, our 0dgDg. place,
where We should have arrived by 3 O'Clock. hardly
know how to describe tb- journey. We were half
asleep tired out, nearly frozen (mercury below
zero). and dashed along at haphszard, through vast
dark forests up hill and down, following the sleepy
boy who drove ahead with our baggage. dozen
times the sled, swayng from side 10 side like pen
dulum, tilted hung III Suspense a second and then
Iighted itself again. The boy fell back on the hay
and slept until Brs,ted, creeping up behind,
stsrtled biu with terrific yells in bis ears Away
then dashed the horse dosn steep decsities
open cultivated valleys, and into the woods again.
After midnight the moon rose, and the cold was In
tenser than ever. The boy having fallen asleep
again the horse took advantage of it 10 run of at
full speed we following at the same rate sometimes
losing sight of him and uncertain of our way, until
after chsse Of few ples, wefOund the boy getting
HE reips out from under tne runners. Finally, at
IN the morning, we rea,bsd Bro.
Here We had ordered warm room, beds and sup
per, By f5rbud, but found beither sleepy, stupid
girl, VITO had just got up to wait on captain who
had arrived before US and was gong on, told US
there vas nothing TO be had. owe must eat we
have TO TO eat yOu," SAID, savsgely, for we were
chilled through and fierce with hunger; but might
80 well have tried 10 hurry the Venus do Medicl.
At last we got some cold sausage, q fire, and two
couches. on which We lay down without undressing,
spd slept. I had scarcely closed my eyes, it seemed,
when the girl, who was TO call us at 81 o'clock,
came INTO the room. rs it halfpa five y L
asked. ooh, yer" she cOOlly answered, "hs
much more" We were obliged 70 hurry oil at
once to avoid paying so much waiting money.
At sunrise we passed Hudiksval pretty town
at tho head Of deep bay in which several vessels
were frozen up for the Winter. There were some
handsome country houses in the vicinity better
cultivation more taste In building and few apple
and cherry orchards. The mercury was still at
zero. but we suffered less from the cold than the
day previous, and began to enjoy our mode OF
travel The horses were ready at all the stations
on our arrival, and we not delayed in chang
irg. There was now plenty of snow, and the roads
were splepdid-ihe country uDdulating, with beau
tful deep valleys, separated by high, wooded hills,
and rising to bold ridges in the interior. The
houses were larger and better than we had yet seen
so were the people-apd there was general AIR oil
progress and well doing. In fact, both country and
population improve in appearance as we go north
ward.
The night set in very dark and cold, threatening
snow. We cOald not STE the road, aud LETT every
thing to our horse Ga reaching Maj, the last sta
ton, whence we still had 10 miles to this place,
gave our sijutsbonds good gratuity, which had an
immediate effect upon the new one. We had An
elephant Of horse, which kicked up his heels aud
frisked like an awkward ball-pup, dashed down the
hills like sn avalanche, and earned rs forward
at rapid rate. We cooled ourselves up in the hay,
kept warm, and trusted our safety to Providence,
for It was impossible to zee the road, and We could
barely distinguish the other sled dark speck be-
fo,s ia. The old horse soon exhausted his
enthusiasm. Breasted lost the whip aud The Jealous
boy ahead stopped every nov aud then to hurry US
on. The aurora cleaned but family through the
clouds; we were nearly overcome with sleep and
fatigue. but took turns in srOusng and amusing
each othsr. The sled vlbrated continually from
side 10 side and finally went over, splllng ourselves
and our guns into snowbank. The horse stopped
and waited for US, and then went on tall the shafts
came of.
Toward 10 O'Clock, the lights of Sundsvall sp-
peared. AID we soon afterwsrd drove into the yard
of the inn, having made l55 miles in two days We
were wretcheoly tired, and hungry Is bears but
found rooms in an adjoining house, and succeeded IN
getting a supper of reindeer STEAK, which IS COCA
and noa rishiog though rather dry. fell aseep In