New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-11

We embarked IN . csy, kaky boaA Pa.
pulling vigorously, and singing Z" Fr;s ii, -
kfoet' Life let US chensh"), with al the ooes.'.s
ueDs on bis face which is expressed in Mor.r.
immortal melody. "Psder," ssd l. do ~.
know the national song Of Norwsyr' 81 ,As',s
tAipA No. wss Iis asswer, stopping short /, -
midst Of wild Field. song, clearing hi. throat ~
singing with fervor and eothasissm which -.
wide over the lonely lake:
minstrel. svsien the harp from IL sluns-rs
St,ile for Old Eorssy. the lard Of Abe D., 20
Hish and heroic, 10 90 ILs:hriss nsnbera
Chine q our fsibsr, We ',,ite Il ior the.
Old recolleessors awake cor ah-ctioss-
Hslow the name Of the lard Of our btrsh,
zach beart bests its loudest, escA ck-~k ,L,.. s.
For Norway The ancient The throne Of .Ss s.ss
"Dost thou know" said b, heeoui.s 49,.
familiar in bis address, THAT Aw,s, \.
the name of Bsnagsard wrote this song sna tlsi
Ssorthipe at CarbtiAnis gave him hundred spss;.
dollars for it That was nst too much, Wa in,
ono" said I, "fve hundred dollars woaA b ltas,
enough for such . song" "Yes, yes, tAss =
would was his earnest ascent; and - happs,sJ
at that moment b ssh whether We eosId 80 u.
peaks of the HdIng J0keleu, be cmaeacsa !,
sster song Of life on the lofty ged-s soas n
spov. and free winds, and blue sky. By tAis ia
we had reached tie other ed Of the lAAe. whom n
the midst of little valley Of rich alluyak seil
covered with patches Of barley and potatoes, slosl
the hamlet Of Ssbo Here Psder procured !,
horse for my friend, and we entered The moatA Il
q sublime gorge which opened to the esssvsH-s
mere split in the mighty rampxts Of HArdsta =
field. Peder wss continually shouting 10 the pee-
ple in the fields: LOOK here! these are Ansri-
eans-these two-and the other ono 10 . Gesnaa!
This one talks Norsk, and the others don't"
We sscended the de6le BY rough foot pstA, 4
nrst through alder thckets but snerward over b.
mense masses Of rocky ruin which had tumble1
from the GRACE far above. and almost blocked up
the valley In silence desolation aodswfal grandeur
this defle equals any Of the Alpine Psssss. 10 the
Spring, when the rocks, split BY wedges Of iee, dis
engage themselves from the summit and Aundee
down upon the piled wrecks OF ages must es
terribly sublime. A bridge, consulting Of two ~
spanped across abutments Of loose stones, and
vibrating ssropay under our tread took as over Ne
torrent. Our road, for sOme distance, was nov
mere staircase, scrambiDg up, down, under, over
and between the chaos Of sundered rocks. Itta
further, and the de6le shut in altogether, forming
esl de sac of apparently perpendicular walls from
two to three thousand feet high. How are we
TO get out Of this :" ssbed Peder. "Yonder,"
said he, pointing to the inaccessible summit IN ffosk
"But where does the stream come FRONT" "1hat
you will soon see." Lo! all at once clean split
from top 10 bottom Disclosed itself in the wall On
our left, and in passing it's mouth We had glimpsa
up the mopstrous cbasm, whose dark blue sides,
falling cheer three thousand feet vanished ct tAs
bottom in eternal gloom and spray.
Crossing the stream again, We commenced ~
eendirg over the debris Of stOoy avslsDches, the
path becoming sleeper and sleeper, until the hrof
summit almost hung over our heads. Il vas nov
zigzsg ladder, roughly thrown together, bat veU
firm The red marc which my friend rode climbed
it like cat, never hesitating, even st IN ansls Of
500, and never making false step. The psrfSm-
ance of this noble animal was almost incredible
should never have believed horse capable Of saea
gymnastics bad not seen it with my own eyes,
had not mounted her myself ct the most dlmcult
points, in order to test her powers. You, Who have
climbed the Maytnr0sd, in going from the Glacier
of the Rhone TO the Grimsel, imagine slant higher
sleeper, and composed of loose rocks and you viii
have an exact picture of our ascent We climbed
well, and yet it took as just On hour and half 10
reach the summit
Wewere now on the great platesu Of tho HsFdan-
ger Field, 2 500 feet above the ses. A wild region
lay before us-great swell', covered with heather.
sweeping into the distance and given up 10 solitode
and silence. A few isolat,d peaks, stresked with
snow, rose from this upper level, and deep break
on our left revealed the top Of the cbasm through
which the torrent made it, way. At its extremity,
mile or more distant, rose light cloud Of vspor,
seemipg close ct hand in tho thin mountain air.
The Tick, spOngy soil, not moro than two feet
deep, rests on solid bed of rock the entire
Hardarger Field, in fact is but single rock-aaa
is, therefore, always swampy. Whoruebernes we're
abundant, well as the lnulteberry (Rabss e1ems-
morus), which have fouDd growing 10 Hewsouo
land, and Peder, running of ON the hunt Of them,
was continually leading US astrsy. But ct lsst 10
the wreath Of whirling spray, and
heard the hollow roar Of the v0ring Foss. Tue
great chasn yawned before Us: another step, aud
We stood on the brink. | seized the branch Of 9
tough pine sapbng as support and leaoed over.
Ny head did not swim: the hight was too great for
toat the impression too graUd aud wonderful. The
shelf of rock on which i stood projected far out
over gulf twelve hundred feet deep, whose oppo-
site side rose in one grand escsrpuen. from tho
bottom to hight Of eight hundred feet above ny
head. On this black wall, wet with eternal spray,
was painted splendd raioboS forming twO thirds