New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-16
Bayard Taylor in Northern Europe.
No. XIV.
ADVENTURES AMONG TUE FINNS.
,pdepse Of The ". Y. Tribune.

Correspondence Of The N Y. Tribune
MUoNIovARA, Lapland, (Lat. go North,)
Jan. 10, 1917
We drank so much milk (for want Of more solid
fed) at Juoxeagi, that, in spite Of soand sleep
snder our sheepskin blankets, We both awoke wi'n
headaches in the morning The Finnish hndioru
gave me TO understand, by holding up his 'or',
knser, and pronOuncing the word ar, ''''' :
was TO pay one rigsdatcr (sbout 20 cents 'o' ou
entertainment, and was overcome win gra'tiu'
snrpr;se when / added trfe more. We eot under
-.r ,v 81, o'clock when the night was just at its
darkest, and il was next to impcshoie " ui'"'n
spy track ON the spotless snow. trusting =" go"u
bck 10 escape overturning, We followed III the
make Of the skjuts6ondt, who had mounted our
baggage sled upon one of the country sledges aud
rode perched upon his lofty sent Our horses were
tolerable. but We bad Is miles 10 Pello, the next
station. which We reached about 10 o'clock.
Our road was mostly upon the Torneaa Kl'er'
sometimes taking TO the woods on either side' I"
cut Of bends. The morn was hours IN da"ning'
with the same splendid transitions OF coior' Ihe
forests were indescribable IN their silence "nte-
pess and wonderful variety OF snowy adOrniheh''
The weeping birches leaned over the road ana
f.,med white fringed arches; the frs wore man.
ties Of erine and ruls and tippcts of the softest
swap's.down. Snow, wind and frost bad worked
the mest marvellous transformations in the forms
of the forest. Here were kneeng nuns, with
their arms hanging stlessy by their sides, and the
white cowls falling over their faces; there lay
warriors helmet; lace curtains, torn and ragged,
hung from the points of little Gothic spires; cav
srns, lined with sparry incrustatons, silver palm
kaves, doors, loop-holes, arches and arcades were
thrown together in fantastic confusion, and mill
gled with the more decided forms of the larger
trees which even, were trees but III form, SO
completely were they wrapped in their dazzling
disguise. 1t was an enchanted land, where you
hardly dared 10 breathe, lest breath might break
tbe spell
There was still little change in the features of
the country, except that it became wider and more
rugged, and the settlements poorer and further
apart. There were low hills on either SIDE viii
6ernesses Of birch and fir and floors of level snow
over the rivers aud marshes. On approaching
PeHo, We saw our first reindeer standing beside Il
hut. He was large, handsome animal; his mas
ter, who wore fur dress, OF course set down
for Lapp. AT the inn skinny old hag, who
knew q dozen words of Swedish, got us some
bread, milk, and raw, frozen salmon, which, with
the aid of great deal of butter, suficed us for
meal. Our next stage was TO Kardls, 10 miles,
which We made in four hours. While in the midst
of forest on the Swedish side, We fell in with
herd Of reindeer, attended by halfa-dozen Lapps.
They came trampng along through the SLOW, about
fifty in number including dozen which ran
loose. The others were harncsscd to puiiS, the
shaped reindeer sledges, many Of which we're
filled with stores and baggage. The Lapps were
rather good-looking young fellows, with bright,
coppery orange complexion, and were by no means
% il-favored short aud stunted as j had imagined.
One of them was indeed really handsome, with
his laughing eyes, sparkling teeth and slender,
black mustache.
We were obliged to wait quarter Of an hour
while the herd passed, and then took to the river
again. The effect Of sunset on the snow was mar
velOus-the spotless mounds and drifts, tar aud
near being stained with soft rose color until they
resembled nothing 40 much as heaps of strawberry
ice. At Kardis the people Gent for an interpreter,
VINO was young man, eh'lIci! pHuu' lio hVpcu
us TO get our horses, although We were detained an
hour, as only one horse is kept in readiness at
these stations, and the neighborhood must be
secured to procure another employed the time
In learning few Finnish words-the whole travel
ing stock in fact on which have been obliged to
rely since then. That you may see how few words
of strange language will enable YOU to travel, as
well as to give sample Of Finnish, | herewith
cOpy NV whole vocabulary: