Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-28
WakemaD's U(aDderiDQs.
ODD INCIDENTS OF FOTE1GN TRAVEL AND
.... OBSERVATION. .....

LoNDoN, oct. s. is9s.-At the Outset
Of these brief sketches Of Norwegian
scenes and folk there Is sironga iuc'
sislible impulse upon me to make the
sort Of confession few travellers In fore.
Ign lands are very willing TO do. fhaye
no Morse blood Ia my veins. am not
@ Morse scholar. ] have not had the
time to even casually read the scant
literature OF travel in Norway never
possessed a luidc.bOok 10 that country.
! have acquitted only few hundred
words and Jew score sentences OF the
Norwegian language, aud those compui.
soHly through temporary cNgcncy and
my wlndcrugi 10 tuis land of wondfous
stcriliy aud marvellous fertility Of
dreadful heights and awful depths. Of
savage grandeur and sunnicst hooks,
nave only comprised three short run.
away trips from the British side Of the
North sea.
Yet so much can be seen in so little
time ia Norway lis scenic wonders are
so impresslvely aud startling masscd.
its government and social systems are
SO plain and nipple to the stranger. and
above 80 its people are so responsive
ho.patis snI kind. aud SO like q good
hook Sc, open before your eyes for ,He
reading; tba, out Of the little opporiua-
,y have had for observation and assoei-
alton, when I look back to the stern
north land and its cugs, valleys and
homes, there Is such a sense Of pluora-
mic completeness Of sight scene and
feeling like the tender pleasure Of tell
ing about olden scenes and friends.
This IS no doubt true for Two reasons.
one is that Nofwly's scenery Is rs TIE.
mCldOus q that word may be used, u.s.
that OF Switzerland, being vastcr Toe cx.
tent and Infinitely more varied When
you look upon snoW-CappCd mountains
above tue clouds. a few thousand feet of
altitude more or less, 90 particular
Instances. are almost iuClmpfchensibiu
to sight or mind; and nearly 40 of these
majestic Cntmcnts of inert nature in
Norway have that added powerfully
weird fascination oil immediate contiC-
uity with q fierce aud thuudcfous sea.
Indeed, ] um not sure but DO would be "a
tue statement that considering the
many often aoundlcss h0rds piercing her
entire western coast almost TO the Swed-
iah boundary as arms Of the sea, which
thCy truly are. there ls no portion OF
Norway's mo1surelcss aud tIausceudcnt
scenic glouea which Is not Intensified 10
charm and sublmity by this peculiar
marine influence and effect Because Of
this, In whatever land you may have
stood in awe before the upllued, DgeCd
RIBS OF our good old globe, these Nor
way mighty heights and Chasms remain
clcarcsi, shapgst and longest IN the
ever changing photographs OF the tfayc.
llrs memory.
The other reason Us a purely ethical
one. You cannot be among the people
OF Norway. know them ever So little,
and leave them, without having gained
that most blessed Of all consciousness
10 the traveller OF having come upon
place in the universal human allotment
which is sturdy genuine and true.
There Is dirccincss without ahront.
simplicity without ignorance, sturdi
ness without niggardliutss, ga honesty
without assumption, gguiallty without
cuusiyCncss, "a hospitality without tuCltI.
ing, and picty without prcicnsc, about
these folk minute. specific aud universal.
Your liking iuI them grows with every
new experience. Ia the Latin countries
thc sunshine of entrance d1zzlCs you
with anticipation ever fading 10 the
darkest shadows OF insincenty. In
Norway the greeting Is as quiet as tie
silcuc,s of its llud.lockcd hurdG but
every successive experience is MS light
lgl and assuring US each scene from the
strong stone ways leading To her glow. |
ing upland daleu. Aud $50 your
heart takes root where your feet have |
tIud.
My first visit TO Norway was made |
from Hull 60 Bergen, and thence uu % .
Norwegian CoJsuug STEAMER Boo and out ]
OF the hords along he wondruus coast 7
20 \udsp. The next gave mg lime for I
interior wanderings IN thc Bergen aud /
Hudlnger districts; and the last afford /
cd opportunity for knowing the scenes |
and people roundabout Tcrondhcm. |
while considerable land JOURNEYS were /
made towards the Ost,rdal from the |
north, and into the Halliugdal from the ]
west. When the coast tour was made, / /.
bad no intention OF ever seeing Norway /.
again, and every i6llt, cng, ford. town I
and landing was an object of eager in, /
tCrcsL ! am not sure bat this method |
Of visiting Norway has superior advan. |
nges 10 the traveller whose time is |
limited, as his diversity OF observation Is /
extraordinary; while no the same time
hc is practically 90 ease within, OF upon. I
bis floating inn.
ln the first place You are certain Of |
most intelligent andiutgrpstng company .
Nearly al the officers OF these coast
steamers speak English and more
hud'hCaHtd, laQulcilus aud almost /
benevolent set Of agl.hnug men are mot
10 be found. You are constantly agree.
ably surprised by thg pleasant character
OF your iclIuwpJssynpeB. English
Cutters ATE predominant, and these are
the very cream of thg English pgopIe;-
hard worked editors on brief vacation.
sensible quiet fellows who dose and
dream auu beam as though the slight
surcgISe rom thu chickering's ui Grub
Lane were 900 but 400 earthly heaven.
huvigs of splendid, pcachy English girls
fresh from SOME seminary and accom-.
panied hy teachers not hit ashamed io
De gay ana Young Jgaiu; grave nIiurl.
lists broadening th.r vision from die
WulHes of Hampstead Heath and die