New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-12
Aim NrIsans 1aIIp CresteNl
a WrNTER uEDERGRoUaD


The short bnt glorious summer Of Laplsnd W.
drawing 10 a close, and remembered Waln IeAre.
M ts hnnr az nv departure fran knolitz was u
hand. still fingered, for had spen1 sssstas "
ts happsst weeks Of my e ~ shas iay sp9l "
earth no far remote from Sne sraah ~ s'ie E
8rssish tourist had grown attached 70 my SIM
sI hasxse5 b.,sts and their constant kln6ness
iEs;s 40 honor snd the freshness and nov
ylfr III tie holydsy-ilfe, had indssersable charms
Sot n3e. $50, ..s.a.w IA l;.s Il, exve
ssFss, faS,ias16 about d hundred and fifty miles be
Yfsi Iii sxtgefe limits o. Norway ana Us sllYeTy
ssTrT and Emerald pastures are surrounded py lle
fr ssretchng loorlanss o. ws,lon ~ awav 10
ssa s0uih might be seen, on clear day, rising
{3ialF nhove she vast purple moors llhe 9, piae M
peaks that family dotted the distant horizon; lhese
sre Slie Kohl Mountains, the mighty SCANDINAVIAN
S 4fs.a whsch divide Norway from Sweden ana
whose nnrthernmost sumInits have often seemed 70
me- az thus gazed On them rom sus =, u aplWiaau W
WASTES the very oatnDsts of ainropeah
To the norst, a line Of low mas orehe VIZ oisaane
slsv-s;ne-tlie last rauga, Was told, between fair
Erh;lsz and the grim icebergs Of the lonely Arctic
Sea. There. among Hose mills, the Northern bear
raatHed snsn0lssted III his shaggy strength the an
+ bunled wolf howlad along the deep ravines, the
fIarseR chung to the pine branch, and the elk
raarsd tie brakes free from any fear OF intrusive
man. Nothing would have tempted my kindly lap
land hosts to explore that mountain range, guard
ed by q thousand titlous legends, and named
Ia their figarative tongue. the Witches Hills.
But Iet me try to describe Kubliiz itself, as saw
III first hasking in the short5ived smiles OF the
arctic Summer, when nature seems e compensate Y,
by wondrous lavshness Of love and care ,er :, tne
enhaneral character Of the enjoyment Ali that
rocky Elsn where the village nestled al tRose YER
dam prairies that encircled il, those shrnoby
woods that belted the meadows, and were bounced g
II fe;r idrr by the trackess moorss had blossemed
Ike garden lii fairylafd. Fruit and howeFs !
svervwhere fruit and fewersi The grey rocks
{lat rnse above the houses bushed literally GRIM
san with the wild Strawberries those Wondrous
Strawberries that spring up everywhere III Lap
land whose prefusion is such that they stain the
boots Of the reindeer aud the sledge Of the traveller
get are so delicate and matchless in ayor that the
Exar himself sends for them BY estaTestes al tne
fong, long way To his summer palace of Isarzkoy.
Gheie But strawberries are not the Only sits tnat
bounteons summer Hings with full hands upon Lap
land The crags, the meadows, the thickets, glow
ind blossom with thousand many, ,nuen mowers
tase mcres and pools are white with iiilIes; the
woods are full Of strange fruits and joyous songs
Of bifdS the grass springs luxuranty the ferns.
T3osses, hcheas, have all their varied tnts of
x7eepsF or brighter green; the moors aIe carpetea
Wlth red and purple heaths and even the danger
sus are ruddy with the tempting fruit Of
Ehe cranberry
enc never knows what summer really is-nevel
knows with what exuheEant miftn me worla caI
rfie has seen Eapland And the people3 Well
iii i can say is, I liked them and they me- neve
never met q young face an old one among thess
u 2inpie f0fks, that had not pleasant sne lof N
Aaaiag kindly welcome, for my worthy little host
would bastle 50 ill the biggest bowl withmk, ans
& The lasgest basket with berries, and to produce
arsas piles af smoke and dried fish from the SET
dDast, and, luxury unparalleled, perhaps even
RFSat bfacE loaf, brought all the way from Norway
flor Lapland has no bread9 to do honor to the for
ejgn guest How could help growing fond o
these queer eftnlooking, soft hearted people?
had heard heard ugly stories of them among ths
Evedss and Norw egans; they were called sayages
idelafers, enchanters, even canninas; but car
Only say that they not only did not eat me, bu
xYsn abstained from Aeecing me. as nations muet
more polished and accomplished are in the hab
of doing to Wayfarers.
The village 6f KahIitx was built Of green boughs
ana wRttlas, the posts alone which supported each
cottage being of pine timber In fact, the huts
were ilot cottages, they we're leafy booths, such
as the rowing Tartar sometimes constructs; and
these summer palaces ef living yerdure added 70
the holiday air of the place, and were suggestive
oE i perpetual picnic. But the true houses were
under the earth, not above its surface. Tie greer
tents have been describing were mere temporary
r8yiEons; and beneath them, with only a low
chimney like agnified mole, bill, peepiHg above
Efpuads we're the true houses Of the Laplanders
he Governed storehonses for all their worldly wealth
ana their own dwellings for more than nine months
4 DIT tie year.
Ana now the time vas coming when the green
booths we're To BE deserted, and the sun to vanish
4fa ghe strange underground life, like mole's,
II ia to begin again for the long ir0n.bound arctic
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