New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-09

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rnssh bssss, c,o~aiss ssoc. or gsegwags Its
su,.s- wind, slOvi1s 70 rs 81 re and, Sts tAss
ms sSs perfume n died ccdfsa, bsnol md
tuIni.s wsAIe- scra.s," VIII which, as &c sces
found, the whole p;scs IS .oo;cnshy saturated.
There 10 one hotel IN the Plaoe, eNn.sinIas bal
Sssss chambers Of tie size Of q s;a.e-rcen. 20
seeur~S quarters sere With srestdeai # dihexsy
ewing 70 slCr.eas Of comprehension o. .he part OF
On old lady who hac charge Of the house he
other American, who az 6-s. took rooms fr bun
self and wife, gave them up again, very prGsenhy;
for the sOisss Of the blArd-roNm penes,s'e0
roush the thin wocdcn partitions, sna my bed, 81
least had been slept in By oEe OF the codhsn ans
torscy, for sbe rsity oder wss 20 paDsent has IL
Kept me awake iorsa long DINO. Win our fare, we
had less reason 70 complain Fresh salmon, arc
10 pta1Eigan and RENDERS tongue were delca
eies which wosl6 have delighted any palate, ana the
wine had really seen Bordeaux, although rainy
xeathe. had evidently prevailed daring tie voyage
y. nee 70 Farmerfe% The town lies in adesp
biuht i,elosed by precjpitous cliffs. ON tie south
weste,n .a, Of the Island, whence the sun, now
LONG p,st his n,,'sumner altitude, WIS not viEiele
az midnight. Those Of our passengers Sho m
tendN returning by the "Nordksp' climbed the
hills 70 get another view Of him put nbtsI:,,,s,
AZ - 'ST
.sea. 49,. 40 wrong summit, 30 that toy dld not
Gee BIN after al. Twas 50 fatigued, iron the i'm
perfect sleep Of the sunshny nights, sna the crowd
Of new and exciting Impressions which the voyage
had giyen noe, that went 10 bed, but ny friend
rat up until long past midnight writing, With cur
tains drawn.
Most Of Che travellers who push SO far north as
Hsnnerfest content themseises with cae e1pe-
rience Of The midnight Gun, and return with tho
same steamer 10 Droptheim. A few eItead their
journey 10 the North Cape, and onoe year, Oh an
average, perhaps, some one Is adventurous enough
TO strike ssTo.s Lsplsnd TO TorDes. The stea tners
nevertheless, pass the NortA Cape, and during the
Summer make weekly trips to the Vsranger Fiord
The extreme eastern limit of tho NorSasiaa terri
tory. We were divided in opinion, whether to do
vote our week Of Sunshine to the North Cape, or to
make the entire TRIP and see something of the
northern coast Of Europe but finally decided that
ke latter ON the whole, as being unfamiliar ground,
would be- most Interesting. The screw-steamer
GyIlor Zone of Odns horses} was lying in the harbor
when We arrived, aud was TO leave IL tue oOurso OF
the ne 1t night SO We lost no tue in securing PAGES
as she had but a small cabin and no Jta.e-rocins
Nevertheless, we have found her very comfortable,
and in every respect iar superior to the English
vessels which ply between Hull sad Chrstiaaia.
Our fellow. travellers were al returning TO DrOnt-
hom-except three Norwegian officers ON their
way 10 make sp official inspection OF the fortress
of Wsrdobuus, and the last We saw Of them was
their return, an hour past midnight, from naains
seesnd attempt to see the sun from the bills. The
night was somewhat obscUred, and doubt If they
were successful.
When I came on dock yesterday MOrning, Ne
we're in the narrow stIsi. between the Island OF
MsseIJe, the northern eItreaity Of which forms
the North Cape, and the mainland. Ga either side,
the shores of bare, bleak rock spotted with patches
Of noss and stuuted grass, rose prcciptOasly from
the water, she snow filing up their rsvines from
the summit to tie sea. Net a tree. nor shrub,
nor sign Of human habitaton, was visible: there
was no fishers sail OF the lonely waters, and ooy
the cries Of some sss-suls, wheeling about the
Cliff, broke the silence. As the strait opened to
the eastward, boat appeared, beating into H evik'
on the south eastern corner Of che Island but the
place Itself was concealed from by an intervening
cape. This is the spot which Won Buoh visited, in
the Summer Of l5O7, just fifty years ego, and bis
description would be equally correct at the present
day. Here, where the scurvy carries of hail the
inhabitants, where pastors coming from Southern
Norway die within year, where no trees grow, no
vegetables come to maturity, and gales from every
quarter Of the Icy Sea beat the last faint e ont OF
Nature, men will still persist ia living, in apparent
defiance of all natural laws Yet they have at least
an excuse for it, in the miraculous provision which
Providence hiss made for their food sud fuel. The
.ea and kords srs slive With 1sh, which are not
sny means Of existence but of proht 10 them,
while the wonderful Gulf Stream, which crosses
Eve thousand miles of the Atlantic 10 die upon this
Ulsims Thule in last struggle with the Polar Sea,
casts up the spells Of tropical forests TO feed their
sr. Thick Of Arctic fishers burning upon their
bear,hs the palms Of Hsyt, the mahogany Of Hon
durss md the precious woods Of the Amazon and
the Orinoeo!
In the Spring months, there are, Cd Oil average,
e;ght hundred vessels on the Northern Coast, be-
tween the North Cape snd Vads0, With fishing
population of Eve thousand men Oh board, whose
average sans, even at the scaDsy prices they re-
COVE, amount 10 $50 apiece, Iaakins a total yield
Of $3.50, 900. 1t is only within very few yesrs
that the Norwegian Government hiss paid any at
tention 70 this far corner Of the peninsula At
present, ccnsidering the slender population, the
means Of communication are well kept ~ daring
eight months in the year. and the result is an in
crease (perceptible to an old resident, no doubt)
in the activity and pro- ne ritY Of the county.