New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-18


confusion. Between their jagged pinns,les, and
through their sheer walls Of naked rock, We could
trace the same formation among the bills Of tho
mainland, while IN the year. white against the ssy'
stretched the snowy .abe-land which forms CON-
mon summit for all One is bewildered IN me
attempt TO describe such scenery. There 10 no
central figure, no prevailing character, no shsrp
contrasts, which may serve as guide whereby 70
reach the iDsgihation Of the reader. Ah IL con-
fused, disOrdered, chaotic. One begins 70 undef-
stard the old Morse myth Of these stones oeing
thrown by the devil in a vain attempt to prevent
the Lord from finishing the world. Grand as taey
are, siDgy, you are so puzzled BY their numbers
aid by the fantastic maDner in which they seem 70
dance arouId you, as the steamer threads neF wa
terry labyrinth, that you scarcely appreciate tnem
- they deserve. Take almost aoy ore OF these
luodreds, aid place il inland, anywhere IN Europe
or America, and it will be visited, sketcaed and
sung TO distraction
At last we saw in the west, far ont az sea, me
four towers Of Threnen, rising perpend!caiarly
many hundred feet from the water. Before us was
the Hosteman, or Hortemsn, who brides bis rocky
stetd with the Polar Circle. At FIRST he appeared
like square turret GROWING an irregular mass OF
island-rock, but as we approached, colossal mead
rounded itself at the top and sweeping cloak fell
from the broad shoulder, flo wing backward 10 the
horses TANKS. Still, there was no horse: but here
again our captain took the steamer considerably ous
of her course so that, at the distance of mile the
whole enormous figure, 800 feet in hight, lay
clearly before US. A heavy beard fell from the
grand, Jupitolian head the horre, with sharp ears
erect and head bent down, seemed to oe plungDg
into the sea, which was already above bis belly;
the saddle had slipped forward, 20 that the rider
sat upon bis shoulders, but with his head proudly
lifted, as if conscious of his fate and taking
last look at the world. Was it not All Father
OdiD on bis horse Seipner, forsaking the ne race
who had ceased to worship him The colossi OF
the Oriept-Rameses and Brahma, and BOOdh-
divide into nsignifcance before this sublime
natural monument to the lOst gods Of the North.
At the little fishing. village of Anklakken, near
the Horaeman, fair was being held and score or
more Of coastng craft gay with Norwegian Gags,
lay at anchor. These jdgts, as they are called,
have single mast with large square sail, precisely
like those Of the japanese fishing junks, and their
huls are scarcely ess heavy and clumsy. They are
the Norwe gan boats of thousand years ago; all
attempts to introduce better form of ship building
having Ten in vain. But the romantic traveller
should not suppose that he behOlds the dragons"
Of the Vikings, which were a very different craft,
and have long since disappeared The jegts are
slow but good sea-boats and the article haste is
not in demand anywhere in Norway, they probably
answer every purpose as well as more rational ves-
sells. Those we saw belonged TO traders whOc
along the coast during the Sumner, attending the
various fairs which appear to be the principal
recreation of the people. At any rate, they bring
some life and activity into these silent sOlitudes.
We have on board the effects Of an Englishmin
who went on shore to see fair and was left behind
by previous steamer. He had nothing with him
but the clothes on his back, aud spoke no Norsk:
so the captain is an1iously looking out for melau-
choy, dspidated individual at every station We
touch at
All the afternoon, we had continuation Of the same
wonderful scenery-precipces of red rOck thou.
saDd feet high with snowy, turreted submits, and
the loveest green glens between. To the east,
were vast SNOW Le, COFclmS csoihoi binOCis
of the Alpine range AZ we looked up the s.lten
Fiort, while crossing its mouth, the SHOWS of Salt
elmm, the highest mountain in Lappnark, 5000
feet above the sea, were visible, about fifty miles
d.tant Next came the little town Of Bodo. where
we stopped for the night I.is cluster of wooden
houser, with roofs of green sod, containing abou:
three hundred inhabitants. We found potatoes in
the gardens, some currant bushes, and few hardy
vegetables, .tunted ash trees aud some patches of
barley. The sun set little before i O'Clock, but
left behind him glory of colors which have never
seen surpassed. Tie snowy mountains Of Lspp-
mark were transmitted into pyramids of scarlet
fame, beside which the mort gorgeous sunset illu-
limitations of the Alps would have been pale and
tame. The ky was a sheet of saffron, amber and
rose, redupcated in the CLASSY sea, and the peaked
island of Landegode in the west which stood broad
against the glow, became mass Of violet hue,
topped with cliffs of crimson fire. / sat down on
deck and tried to sketch this superb spectacle, in
colors which nobody will believe when get home.
Before had finished the sunset which had Lighted
one end of Landegode became sunrise at the other,
and the fading Alps burned anew with the flames
of morning. BIT.