New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-28
Ntw4lprk DAILY @ibnne
Hazard Taylor in Northern Europe
No. XXXvIII.
-.,,rscDAI-TaE COUNTRY-PEOPLE
OF NORWAY.

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Vo.csprRG. NORWAY, Aug 20, 1871
TNere are ,go roads from Lardsisoren W ~
s.i, the eastern one passing through the os'.'o''
~ v,,aer, and Hsd,Iaol By way oil 'oe A''Ee
ss,s.en axe ard The RaudsJord, while soe WESTERN
a., sro,,ns Toe FiIegrn descenos 'ne "ns
rn.n;n.asl 10 Ripeerke. 10 piot OF soe"e'!
-. !. I,,ls difference between taem, out - we
S...A.A y,.isius the province OF Te'eDaTk IN
."~,..rn Norwsy, We chose The latter. The valley
- Tho FiIJeijeld, which We entered Oh leaving
T.,sa,0rep. IA enclosed by wild barren noun aims,
mare isolated ard irregular in their forms than tne
Harsspger ard DoOre Fields. There were oocA-
sion.l precipices AID dancing waterfalls oat 10
..neyaI the sane ssmepess sDd moB0tony We lad
So,ad On the sogne Fjord. Down the bed OF the
x.Ee, flowed large, rapid stream, clear as crystal
snd of beautiful berJl tint The cultivation was
.esrtv and the potato fields, utterly ruined by dis
$40 tainted sbs air With sickening eflluyia. The
.c,.,opal fOrests on the billsides were of fir and
birch. while poplar, ash and linden grew in the val
ky The Only frui:-trees saw were some soar
,eS cherries
Bot in the spleDdor of the day, this unfriehdy
valley sloDe like dell Of She Apennlnes. Not a
slsud disturbed she serenity of the sky; the brown
srass ate yellow NOSE on the mountains were
painted VITA sunny gold, and the gloss and sparkle
Of the foliage eqused that of the Italian lex and
hurel. On the second stage q new and superb
rosd carried us through the rugged de6le Of
ealsensaset This pass is evidently the effect Of
some mighty avalanche, thousands Of ages ago.
The valley is blocked up by tremendous masses Of
rock, hurled one upon the other in the widest
confusion, while the shattered peaks from which
tAey fell still tower far above. Threading this
chaos in the shadow Of the rocks we looked across
Tie glen upon braided chain Of foam, twisted TO-
eether Of the end into long white cascade, which
dropped into the gulf below. In another place,
rainbow meteor suddenly flashed across the face Of
dsik orsg, betsayins the dusty spray Of fall else
Invisible
On the third stage, the road, after mounting
difficult steep, descended into the Valley Of Boz
guDd, in which stands probably the most ancient
church In Norway 1t is q singular, fantastic
Structure bristllDg with spiky spires, and covered
WITH scale srmor Of black, ptsbed shingles. 1t
p certainly of not more recent date than the
twelfth century, ard possibly Of the close Of the
eleventh. The architecture shows the Byzantine
style IN the rounded choir and the arched galleries
along the sides, the Gothic in the windows and
pointed gables, and the horned ornaments on the
rocf suggest the pagan temples of the s0te Chris
Han period A more gpotesque,adsu could hardly
De found IN Christendom. II could only be matched
among the noustrcsisss Of Chinese art. With
The exception Of the church Of Hitterdsl, in Tee-
rarh-s building Of similar date-shis is tho best
preserved Of the few Antiquities OfNorwsy. The
entire absence of feudsl castles is thing to be
noticed. SerfdOm never existed here, aud one 70
suit Of il, perhaps is the ease with which instita-
fons Of purely republican stamp have been intro
duesd.
Our road still proceeded up the bottom Of rough,
barren valley, crossing stony hsadlands on either
side. At the station Of Hsug our course turned to
The southeast, climbing q slope leading 70 the
plateau of the File Field severe pull for our
horses in the intense heat The birch woods grad
usy diminished in size until they ceased altogether,
ard the naked plain stretshed before rs. In this
upper land, the air was delicious and inspiring. We
were more than three thousand feet above the sea,
but the submits to the right and left, with their
soft sleams of pale gay, lilac and purple hues in
he sunshine and pure blae in shadow, rose to the
hxbt Of SIX thousand. The heat Of the previous
ten days had stripped them bare of snow, and the
lansscaoe was drear and monot0nous. The sum-
niss Of the Norwegian fields have only the charm
q vildness and bleskness / doubt whether any
mountains of equal hight exhibit less grandeur IN
ssir upper regions. The most imposing features
Of Norwegian scenery are its deep valleys, It's tre
mendous gorges with their cstaraets, fang Ike
bsnuers from sleeps which seem TO lean against the
very sky and, most Of all its winding, heyrinthfne
6ords--vsl'eys Of the SEES, in which the phenomena
Of the valleys of the land are repested. have
found no scenery in the Bergensnfs of 90 original
ard impressive chez scter ss that OF the LOfoden
Isles.
Tins day wos Sunday, and we Of course expected
10 see some evidence Of in the appearance of the
people Yet during the whole day We found but
enc clean person-the hostess Of an inn on the sum-
NIT of the File Field, where we stopped 70 bait
our horses She was young, ffesh-fsced woman,
in the first year Of her wifehoOd, and her snowy
chsmse and tidy pettcoat made her shiue like
star among the dirty aud frowzy creatures in tho
Kitchen. should not forget boy, who was
washing his face in brook, as We passed; but he
was young aud didn't know any better Other
wise, tSe pesp'e lOuDged about She houses, or sst
On the Iosk' in the sun, hlthy, and something else
10 judge from certain signs. At IIaug, forgetting
that it was fast station, where there 10 no tils
gel,s (money for ordering Aorses) 10 be paid,
har6td the usual Sum 10 the landlaay, saying:
This il for tnsigelse.' 1t Is quite tight. said