New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-15


speed, The horses leaning back, supporting .hso-
selves agains. to weigh: Of the earrioles, and
throwing on. their fec; very irnly, So 20 avoid
the Danger Of slipping. Thss, 90 matter low steep
the hill. they took il With perfec. assurance and
bOl1pess, never making stGn5le. There vas JUST
efficient yisk lef,, however, 20 MIKE theso hyne
1eacepts pheasant sod eyhilarajEg.
Our road led westward, over high hills, sod
across deep valleys, down woicn We bad OCCASIONAL
gilDpses q the blue ford AID Is rocky is.aad' lao
grass and grain were rich. dark greer, sTeepiog
INTO yesety blue in .be distance, a1d against tas
deep ground the bright red OF tne houses slowed
with strong efsct-a contrast which was tuoaa"d
and harmoDized by thessM darker MISSED q !ne
eyergeen forests, covering the mountain faogss AT
the end Of twelve or thirteen miles we reached the
frs. ost.station, at the 700. Of The ucunta.ns,
which bound the inland prospect from Chnsiania
On the west. Az il Vas Dot a ''tast' station, We
were subject 70 The possibility Of waiting two or
,hree hours for horses, bot fortunately were ac-
costed on the road By Of :ae farmers who sup.
ply the savds, and changed at HE house. The Nor.
wegsn skyds differs from the Swedish ss3uts IN
having herses ready only q. the fast stations, which
are comparatively few, while AZ 81 Others you must
wait from one 20 three hours, according 20 the dis
lance from which the bOrses must De brought. Ia
Sweden there are always from tao 20 four horses
ready and You are only obliged to wait after these
are exhausted There, also, the regulations are
better ana likewise strictly enforced. /; is,
at best, an awkward mode of travehng-very pleas
ant, when everything goes rightly, but very annoy
ing when Otherwise.
We now commenced climbing tte mountain by a
series of terribly steep ascens, every opening IN
the woods dis ,osing wider and grander new
backward over the lovely ChrisriaDia FiOrd and
the intermediate valleys. Beyond tie crest we
came upon wild mountain plateau, thousand
feet above The sea and entirely covered with for
ests of spruce and FIR. IL YES black and dismal
region. Under the lowering sly: not house or
grain field ~ be seen, and thus We Travelled for
more than two borrs, 20 .he solitary IAN Of Krog
kleven, where We stopped for the night Ia orier to
visit the celebrated Kings View in the morning
We GOT tclerable supper and good oeds, sent off a
messenger 70 the station Of Sunjvoldeu, at the foot
Of The mountain 20 order horses for us, and Sc. on,
soon after sunrise, plote3 by the landlords son,
Osi Half an hours walk through the forest
brought u 70 pile Of rocks GA the crest OF tie
mountain, which fell away abruptly to the west
ward AT our feet lay the Tyrl Fiord, VITA KS
deeply Indicated shores and lis Irregular scattered
islands shining blue ana brigh: in The morning sun,
while aeay beyond it stretched great semicircle
of r,lEng bills covered with green farlns, dotted
With red farm. houses, and here and there white
church amnering Ike spaDs,e on the breast Of
The ,a0d.cape. Behind this soft, warm, beautiful
region use dark wooded Ills with ,oiry moan.ain
ridges shove Them, until far and faint, under and
among the clouds, streaks Of suaw betrayed some
peaks Of the File Field sixty seventy miles dis
tsnt This Is one OF the nosc famous views ia Nor
way, and has been compared 30 that from .he Rgti,
but without su6ic,ept reason The sudden change, |
however, from the gloomy wilderness through |
which you first pass to the sant picture oi the en.
chanting lake and sreea inhabited hills and valleys,
may we'll excuse he raptures Of travellers. Ringo-
rke, the realm of King Ring, ,s lovely land, not
only as seen from this eagles nest. but when you
base descenjed upon its 'evel believe .hs mon
arch's real name was Haitian the Bl2ck. So ce-
loved was re in lfs thu. after death his body was
divided into four portions, so that each province
might possess some Part of him. Yet tie nob!est
fame lie trans.ory and nobody now Knows ex,ctly
where any one Of his quarters was BURIED.
A terrible descent, through f. chssm between
perpendicular cliffs so,ne hundreds Of feet in
hight lends from Krogk,even TO Tho level OF tho
tyr: Ford. There is nc attempt Aere, n>c indeed
upon any Norwegian road we have yet Travelled, 20
NJ
tae hills Straight down you so, 40 mater OF
how break. mech char actor The jeclviey may b.
There are 10 drays 70 tSe carrio.es au1 conctty
carts, and were not the native horses IRE toughest
and surest footed little sn,mas IN the world, this
scr; of .r.yel would be trying 20 the nerves.
Our ride aioDg tie banks Of the Tyri Fiord, n
re clear mor,ang sunshine, vas charming. The
scenery was strihinSly HE that on :Ae LAKE Of
Zug in Switzerland. and Te missed cDly green
turf, whch This years rsin!ess Spring ass ie:s
brown and Siihered In all Sweden had NO seen
no such landscapes, 10. even III Norr.aud. There
however, ne people carried off .ae pala. We
saw no farm houses nere SO stately sad clean "a
Tie Swedish, no such symmetrical forms and trans,
friendly faces The Norweslans are bis enough,
and strong enough. 70 bs cure, but their carriage
il awkward, and their faces not oay paia bit Ugly.
The countrJ women We saw were remarkable III
this latter respect, ba: no,nins could e1csei
.her development Of Eais., boscm aud ail'.
Here is TIE STUFF Of wh:ca Wings we're made,
thought Drt .Lere has aeea 30 refOine or emo
bling sr CO those times. These are re rough
primitive formations vi .hs irnan E.cs-tAs e2:e
granite and gueiss. rom svbcn sprouts no iuxu