, 1874-11-07

ia. ",J ui''etea .eaVeat respecting 1t before
oannot say. lluard Of somo PROMINENT '. n,,c,
exploring tint country after wo lcft. 0'''>
Wy yfetur''-paSeago, by Htoamcr to Tronlhion
WA not attended by any unusual inoient o..
porpoiaes soottmoH pIayed OF thoir nrn,,,aa' ,n'
Soy 70 oltr oditleatlon, aud tho ni,1cr.
On srfivng At Trond!'tem. took N.Y. c.rrIo,o
the 1somHda Fjorl IIoro uano n NJ "'"i"S uooo. "a
i,ot 1879 grand, nsNl moro beautiful md vnrin}
thar thas liayo described. But, beforc "o'ms,
moro Into desail, nnat toll you 6o'"s
WHAT 4 rlonD III
~ tue 1irHt place, ~" In Danish and NoruIr ia
always pronounced as "y," thus Z EvorI tIH It 10
"1ronth-yem." ftord Is IN Inlet OF tha sos
extending sometimes hunrods Of ,nlios int Into s. ths
main ilow, branch away. IN ovory direction: I emo
other fJorla which wash tho base OF olbn..
ranges Of mountains, ind from IruSI snc1,
y branches alloot or still other branches.
nn aa snoy mGape upon to map Of Norway toy
oid family, with tholr outgongs Ito say motnng
OF thef sl,ortoomlngs) right and loft, roaular
and irregular, Tncy arc, Simont wlthout excoI,.
~ t'' sa p0tnrod esao ny hgh mountains Of great
item ~ 70 narrowly that tho width ia not a,,oro
2to or 300 yards, wl.ila tho dopth OF tin watsr IL
ilom 5.ooo to iooo foot. 1t Inns beon ascertn;naI
~ to fnr u soudnEs tba: tho depth Of wator
n nftt
Or tho mountains bordering thom, and tiov varr
~ altitude iron. 600 feet to 5000 Tia 'rinr;ns
great florida Of West Norway aro Nonptnf snnn"
soo an nosnosta maud aa of osser magnitude
arc sor Sor Basaa adsa 1GeH,fpl Fialh aa @ iterean
out OF stor. and tho Gutlrangon. out a' Of sng,n'
pleaont aconery moro graud, varied n;etrroeSSnt
Ioa Ioaa.od 90atafm, Vasn,a,4 than tint Of our own
aa ssmaao Aoae'ltG. of t,o,r am not a1ono in Ills
sothora, who arc familiar sn'''Imup witI hn,'
fully asroc. with mo. / aoont woaaa ,,pnl upsu,
and among thess fjoras, aomotinoa for mauvaara
sitsr e,ophnr ~ ste'ora gsng up mud dow
through beautiful valleys, feadinr fron, to nne
1oEa to anotlsr or to aolno tur-fa,ilel WaiorfnlI
y GIneser, Of which tlloro aro many ju tiat mt
~ ,t;F"y MtG;F%ay' OF no mean magnitude anl very
aiy laat reating-p1aco before starting back for
iina ~, city, containing about 25,ooo Inhabitants
y rn ,1 sn ,1Eh n &C., commerce with England Ham
alSely Of fish 10 Catholic countries. ''A '"po''S
Inc hfHt, aId, SO for ao I.kpow, tl,o on1v Mr. ]
',soIian vesael that ovor euterod tno narhnr ~
nsasR rom R,rSna was consigned to mo many yoarS ago
ie remembered by many buxii,esa. man an, w" ~
stuta sn,a !. M.som net thcre Tho Captain vng n
tens ,e inyorto with his friends and emDloyera'
ter t returning from Chicago, ho was piolnoted
entlv t was 1ast ot larger vcssel aud subso-
FROM Dargen 10 Christiania nv co,,raa Inv c
lrongh soGme F1ord, 80 delightful vail AMI
J. FIllo Field, cto.,-a no loaa ,iial;a atSMi St q
faYe; requiring ono weoA in whiol, t. 'nnta
10 Journey. II was grast comfnrts t
ter the experience Ind, whicl. erab,aea, III
Ha that 6oo noA Of ca,rio],u.. AMI t.yn n1o,t,s
"rolEl!ine" in Norway. to Kot back to nnas .
9nk y q clean c!othes tako generous batl. and r.
U adieu forever and ago to Tie tntteroI onr. d
nuts shat 9avorod more Of carrjagc-yu1car ard
iEa-"ater than Of tho rosos Of ALuron ~"o d
ha'e bo"n deeply impressed by tilu d
a. cIAhacTEn AND ArpHAEAScE t,
t.e9 scandinavian pnop1o In t1oir Owl, oonnir, il
saa known in Chicago, and reBpcctcl hioht. - 8;
a! 10, our foltow.citizons, tlo InwsanaF ~ III
schs, A'idorAens. kn,,dse,,s, NeiIseuu 1var'' Ii
lu, JoSnt, AMI n,any oti,orF but peliovad thum
o'o TUG a'0ragc OF tloir co,lltrymon. I Hn,l | r.
X arc 1ut representatives OF thoyo loft ho}in Ia
their Fatherland. ''A. '''1nu !" !"
cannot withhold tho expression of nv co,. ii
t1onH, that iu regard 10 integrity ami e;o,n;no III
laness Of hoart, they are not orraloa j,,. ,am tn
81 e1,xay any othor nationality. III tic oi!os Of Ii
tnren colnsties QUO cannot but he imprvssod vi
sEe superior intelligence and culturo OF tGo 10
per classes. It appeared to mo Tic mon vera
of ~ stature tau are thouo Of tho other m. iii
as on she Continent. or the average ar onr ris
y psopia LIS females arc fair and nxtrernnir Ill,
'a-look1ug, aud reflect, in atylo sud mounarss 10
10 tlo higher EraccB Of innute rur,tr tt,,,, III
polish Of fashionable lite. Thav drnSa a;',' hi
, but very tnstefully. NA~1' 3'A1' kn