Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-06-03

land, it was but seldom that we hld en-
unclouded midnight. However, orr
photographer was not easily daunted.
and one evening about IL p. NJ. he and
/ left Bodo and climbed up the hill,
which lies to the north west of the
town, overlooking the Vest Fjord.
When we gained the top we found 1t
blowing rather hard, but the sky was
fairly free from cloud except just where
the sun was partly behind the island of
Landego. The camera was got ready
and we waited anxiously for the-sun to
emerge. We were much afraid that
the island would obscure our view,
as it rises about 1900 feet from the
sea, but, to our great delight, about
five minutes before midnight the sun
emerged from the bank of cloud in its
full and wondrous glory-the glory of
summer sunset, which lit up the
mountains and island with golden
light. 1t was blowing so hard that We
had to hold on to the legs of the camera
to keep it steady while the necessary
exposure was given. Then we waited,
watching the sun, and soon we could
trace the upward movement, which told
us another day had begun. 1t is some-
thing marvellous in what short space
Ia few minutesl the change of light
takes place, from sunset to sunrise,
from the deep red of the setting sun,
to the golden rays of the dawn. L have
always thought this one of the most
beautiful effects produced by this
phenomenon. In itself there is moth
ing so very peculiar in the appearance
of the sun at midnight, except for the
quiet which reigns around. 1t is little
more than an ordinary sunset effect,
and these very highly-colored repre-
sentations of the scene which one often
meets with, exist party in the imagi-
nation, or under certain rare atmos-
pheric conditions not generally met
with.
We contrived, notwithstanding the
difficulty of keeping the camera steady,
to use three or four plates in our at
tempt to take this view of the midnight
sun, but unfortunately as we found
afterwards, the results obtained were
not very satisfactory.
From Bodo we crossed the wide Vest
| Ford to Svol;er, an important place in
| the Lofotens. The time we we're there,
however, was not the busy season. 1t
is in the early month of the year that
the Lofotens are full of fishermen from
\ all parts of Norway. Then it is that
! the great harvest of the sea is reaped,
and millions upon millions of cod fish
are caught and dried, for expectation
| TO the Mediterranean. Svolverconsists
| of a number of wooden houses built on
small islands, backed by PERCEPTIONS
mountains - the Svolversj jure almost
overhanging n part of the little town.
On this mountain is very curious pin
nacle of rock resembling a gigantic
stack of chimneys, quite unclimbable.
All over the place are the wooden huts
erected for the fishermen during the
fishing season. They are little more
than long sheds with berths along the
sides, where the men sleep. These
huts may be counted by the dozen in
Svolver and other important fishing
stations, such as Henningsvar. With
out them it would of course be impossl.
BILE to accommodate half of those who
come for the fishing. The entire pop
ulatIon of the Lofoten group is only
about 10000 while there are usually
about %, 600 fishermen assembled in the
springtime.
We enjoyed our stay at Svolver ex.
ceedingly, and our photographer was
busy securing many beautiful pictures
of the islands and their inhabitants
Not far from Svolver is Kabelvaag. and
it is connected with it by one of the
few roads on Lofoten. We walked
there one day, and n very interesting
walk it is. The road runs along the
the sea amid huge boulders, which have
fallen from the mountain sides, skirtina
some lovely bays, and then creeping
between narrow walls of rock. On the
way we met with an interesting object
Fastened to mighty boulder was
thick IRON box which hung from