The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-09

/ nouses lhy ~ snort distance from the river. in
/ hthlckly wooded iAyine My guide had beeu
instructed 10 Introduce me 10 tho go,j ~, ,i,
| anu 10 request them to take me ia: so while tbey
! were gettllg h room ready for me | sturterod
! Gown " the river rod i. hand. Ii wa. A feii-
| cloNs evening" he wind, which had iust sp-ung
! UP, gave tha' propI,ious Ripple to the surfac. Ui
! vac water which fy.Gsher delight, to See
quickly putting on cast, threw into the ,trca \,
| Ihe iish were jumping on all sidos Whether 1
was we met EuglShman whJ had ever f,hcd
tutfe, ! know not, but certainly [ rose Il d IN
Lcally every lime. In three hour, had btgrcd
! i,tty tout and g.ayIinp, Weighing altogether
lhlty pounds, good weight The largest was four
It was then time to go home and 70, 30 hol
LOT was rather still AID tired, after "a dgv ON a
btrd Norwegian saddle. How delicious To
ct q room Ike this all to onesplt!" [ thought.
~ walked INFO mine Scarcely was the
thought conceived, than IN marched the whole
household and quietly ranged themselves round
tIt room 10 hav, gOOi look no the "EuecIs<-
inund. After having stared no mo i'm silence
Iof rev minutes, they proceeded 90 examine
my watch, pipe, tlJ hook, &c, which Law on tbe
table. Well now they'll go, surely" sIii
10 myself, "as they have looked 40 everything"
a fright thought seized me. am begin 10
undlcss tuey'lI be sure TO take that hin.l"
sai down ON the edge Of the bed aud lri,urcIy
tIok of my boots MOI thtt wouldn't move
th,m. Wei, lIItry what divesriug myself ofuy
kriCbeIbogh,rs will dO!' Vain hope TIE more
took Of the more interested they seemed In tba
0p"iton. ! made bolt, d, was, tn.p bed
bow long they remained / know not for [ soon
I.I Iast asleep, alsd only aTuk0 next morning
when the good woman brought me IN a laIse cup
Of bot collie and small bowl OF cold water b,Ii
,hE ,ah'r LEES than htlf s pint to wash in
bruklng the first and d,clrdmg the second
went and plunged into the river, 10 the dismty
ana astuuishmeut of TWO or three men, who
shouted after ne and ran away. They tbongbt
htd gone mad for u Norwegian ppasant urvrr
WASHES b moclf but once ) ear, and then only a
very t'ol
Ircwatucd there three days. and if any rowing
fnElishmau wants to know what good front.
ISblIg Is, let him so 10 Irysil, oA the borders Of
Sweden.
On my return to Rendalen, my host had
Planned an cIk-hunt for me There were not
many reindeer he thought, but he felt sure he
Coulu snow me an elk within Il week, If liked.
Ot courc liked So Que morning we stared
tally iuf the forest, accompanied Oy a cunning
oio hunlcr holding little dog in leash, reputed
wonder Ter tracking elk. bear, or reindeer
A Norwegian mountalnecr is as sure.footed as
ms pony. See him skip over a river, scarcely
ton'h hing the stones which here and there iuyi-
uugiy peep up above the surface but which are
oilen unsteady. Instinct and long practice teach
hin whore 10 put his foot lust az the right time
How | envied him My first attempt at imita
ton seut me fl Iundering on my back in the mid
ole OF brook; but got more adrOit afterwards
There are few things more uninteresing in
my opinion than theinteror Of a Nor vegian pine
forest, though the Poet Laureate did come out
in the same boat with me all the way to- Norway
only to hear the "Eolian- harp-like" murmur of
the wind through It's boughs. 1t Is the Same
thing over and over again; no variety nothing
TO relieve the mOnOtOny, not even a avs music to
tnNen Que, No wonder he made no alusion TO
II n the ldylls which came out shortly afterwards
tor | II be hanged il could see any poetry in il
1 can sOIemy aver that for q whole hour [ |
s"" no winged animal mosquitoes always ex- !
cepeo) save black woOdpecker, which looked |
mole like a Wellington boot with a rcd tor. |
the rotten stem Of fir-tree than any
thing else.
All at once saw my hunter hump down on |
MS knees in devotional attitude, with his ewes
humDly cast down 10 the ground. The yery dos.
TOO, seemed 70 be similarly affected Then h. |
got up and proceeded to a low brch-irre and |
commenced examining the leaves one by one,
Mnlo ms uog stood up all the while on his hind
legs, and shifted away at them as If he wouId
collapse. AT length it dawned upon me that The
hunter was not regOuS-mad, but tn lat an elk had
something to do with his condition, especially
"nen he showed me a leaf which had Only re-
Gently been browsed, and which rabbit could
not possibly have reached, even if such creatures
id exist in Norway. 1t was fine sight TO watch
me hunter and his dog they seemed to under
sand each other thoroughly, as they kent look
ng ut one another, as if comparing notes.
lnere are lew animals SO wary as an elk !
Living in the thickest parts of the forest. their
,aTs stand them in better stead than their eyes
IN hunting elkS you must not think of Winking |
lhe old hunter and his dog went first; il was as
good as play to watch them, each setting a foot |
% the ground at the same moment and win such
! grave airi l came next, following as lightly as
ouTtetn stone could. Maybe we had gone in this
way half an hour, and | was beginning TO Get
atgucd, when all at once we came plump on two
ull grown elk, at about sixty wards distance
low no6ie they looked Quite six feet in height
\ slght !lhe this is a reward for day S toll and
lucAing into the bargain. A sight like this
Bother your sights" !" cries Bogus, to whom
have just been telling the story cant You saw
you shot one, instead OF apostrOphiZing their
'eauty in that ridiculous manner"
my dear Bogus, l did not shoot one; ir,lly
because the hunters head was in the way; Sc
ondiy, because, when his head was out of the
ray, the eks had gone thirdly, because my ride
Missed hre' 50 | ground my teeth in despair,
nd put on fresh cap"
But, few days afterwards was more for
innate. We started early; that is, |, my host
nd the hunter-who l now learnt from NV
rlend had only recently returned from the for
ross at Christania, where he had worked his
Ime Of Imprisonment out, as a galley-slaye. for
aVing xii ed his brother 1 felt extremely glad
had not been aware OF the circumstance when
had to biYouac out alone with him in the forest
Before long we came on some yerv fresh
ncks; ut least, the hunter and his little dog |
eemed to think so, Judging from the serious
nd earnest way in which they regarded them
uTther and further we penetrated into the re-
esses OF the forest, stepping softly and gently as
e went The dog became intensely excited but
ever gave tongue. The well-traned little crea
ires are taught never 70 bark when held in leash;
is only when they are set at liberty that il is
iquette TO do so. "a crashing sound, as If an ,
ephant were dashing through jungle, made us
lrn our eyes to the left of us, and we could lust
scern monstrous elk disappearing between the
rch-tre
Now was the time to slip the dog. No sooner
as he at liberty than of he set in pursuit giving
ngue most Justify, as il TO make up for hij long
nd continued silence. The reason why he barked
as plain enough II he had not barked, it would
ave been matter Of sheer impossbity to follow
a the tight course through the tangled and intri-
tie forest. His voice began to grow fainter and
inter and began to fear that we should lose o