Smyrna times., 1858-12-23
LIFE III THE NORTH.
LECTURE pY BAYARp TAYLOR

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AT fremont Temple, Boston, mst week, Bay
ard Taylor delivered lecture upon Life in
The North,' Of character to interest and en-
chain the attention Of numerous auditory
Below are few salient points of the speakers
experience in The North:
On Christmas day he was quite satisfied TO
find his nose and the mercury frozen togcther.
| Day after day the sun described u more dcpress-
ed arc. The hucs Of the sky we're those of the
sunset aud sunrise blended together. The twi.
! light coiors OF the sky Gefed description, and
nothing Iii the skies Of Greece Or Of italy could
be- compared with them. The fantastic dane
ing Of light in the Aurora Borcalis Impressed
him far less than the uLc louded splcndor of day.
All the common objects OF a Lapland landscape
were Transmitted into marble. Not spcck of
green was visible. He had looked over twen-
/ ~ miles OF landscape which looked like
world carved into purcst alabaster, possessing
richness OF detail that confused the eve. The
lotus, palm and teatacry bamboo were nothing
beside them. But TO see these through the Pc
cuIIar atmosphere was a beauty solemn and
touching. 1t was as If God had designed it IN
'hc absence Of warmth ard life. Bat the sub
!ml'y and terror of the Northern winter was
eiua TO It's beauty. Nothing could be more
d'eary. When the cold crcpt over The limbs
and sought the scat ofle, the white landscape
| looked ghastly and torbIddiug. Take oil your
mItteHs aud the air seemed to crush the hand
Ike vice Of iron. |, was the breah OF death
and you mus, do energetic battle with ittosavc
your Ilf". Your breath deposits ice as soon as
i leaves the mouth. The hair becomes as
white as snow, and you can only keep the eye
from freezing by constant winking. Your horse |
though black as ebony, becomes white as foam
Enter warm apartment and you are surround
ed by cloud Of steam. This weather he en- !
durcd for two days travelling on an open sled.
The wind was fortunately at his back, or he
could not have borne it DR.. Kane had de-
scrIbcd to hIm that the effect of a temperature
OF ~ degrees below zero was to make him and |
Ms men dcIlrious. But he (Mr. Iaylor) found
that he aud his companion endured the cold I
weather OF the North about as well as the ma
lIves themselves although he would not Ike to
try II a seceud winter.
la NogIand, one Of the ancient homes of the
Scandinavians, he was struck with the spendId
animal health Of the people. They were very
lr cndIy aud hospitable, but possessed so much
reserve that they might be thought cold. A
word OF all. ctIOn was rarely heard IN the North
MLd and quiet as they appeared, they were no
mlksops, but warm and energetic when aroC sed. :.
They were cold only through superior self con-
troll. They were true and faithful always
Love was silent with them, because it was etcr-
nal The women, without being beautiful, had
clear and beautiful compcXons. He didn't be-
llcve they knew there was such a thing in cx.
lstcnce as nervous system.
In Finland there was a difference of phys;que
and something of the oriental in the manners
OF the people. The finish language was far
more rich and melodlous than the Swedish
w hnd bpp all IpH tI,eS ,ft Il,
lie had heard no language so iuIl of melody
They were more picturesque people. They
were passionate, aglnatve, but there was
singular absence of Legendary lore among
them. They possessed the most cxlravagani
aud variety OF devotional feelings. lie found
the Fins as moral and honest as the Swedes.-
While both sexes use the VGpur bath a tle
same time, and salute with an embrace of the
right ,rm, they yet regard kiss as ndclcate
in the cxtreme. One lady said # her husband !
81 Ou!d attempt such thing she would box his
ears. !
But the Laps were the natural and appropri- ..
ate inhabitants of this region. Where they
came from was not known. Seen in their
SHOWS it did not appear that they came from
anywhere, but, in the language o. Topsy, grow
ed there. A sick Lap in IL foreign land once
said, "Give me but pillow Of Snow to lay my
head on, and shall die happy" He could find
but little evidence Of the MOngoan blood
among them 1t was the restless blood Of
nomadic tribe that had retarded their cIvilza-
tion.
They built no fires in the churches, and a
cloud Of breath intervened between preacher
and auditory. A missionary had said that his
words under such a temperature appeared to
freeze they issued from his mouth, and to de.
scend like snow upon the heads of his au-
dltors.
The lecturer described the qualities Of the
reindeer, rendering him so valuable to man in
that climate, but that they were the most per-
verse and obstinate of animals. All the rein
deer knew was to jump and ran, and turn round
and stand as long as he chose to. He was sure
TO land his driver head foremost in snow.drilt
His speed was overrated. He would pitch you
into the snow and then turn round and eye you
with provoking coolness as though he was say
ing, "a what are you going TO do about IT,"
The food OF the reindeer was almost exclu-
sively white moss, dug from beneath the
snow. They would not eat hay. An attempt
was made 10 introduce them into Scotland but
il failed owing to Tie absence cf this peculiar
moss. L