The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-05-31
HAVING THEIR PICTURES TAKEN.

s, HAVING THEIR PICTURES TAKEN.
visions of our expedition This latter had
been generously granted without a mo-
ment's hesitation or delay, in curious con-
trast with the red tape and botheration in
cident to every procedure, no matter how
trivial, having to do nearly or remote with
the customs laws and authorities of our
own country.
The third document was the most i'm
portant of all and the one which our ener
getic agent at the Norwegian capital had
experienced most difficulty in procuring.
1t was a permit to import to Norway for
the uses of the expedition a pack of SO
draft dogs. Without this permit we could
not have passed this invaluable part of
our equipment from the Netherlands to
the Norwegian peninsula, for no steamer
captain would have taken them on board
Without it, moreover, it would have been
impossible to disembark the dogs upon
their arrival at Norwegian port. The
trouble was that the Norwegians have
upon their statutes law forbidding, alb
solutely and without exception, the i'm
portation of dogs. Tourists from England
and other parts of Europe, of whom thou
sands visit these beautiful f1ords and
grand mountains every summer, must
leave their dogs at home. English lords
who have come hither to hunt and fish
have sought in vain to gain the privileges
of carrying their dogs with them. Some
time ago an admirer of the king of Sweden
and Norway presented that monarch with
q fine pet dog, but the king, considerate
and conscientious ruler that he u.s. declined
the gift on the ground that he would not
presume to violate a law which his SUBJ
1ects were required to respect The Nor
wegians claim that the dog distemper is a
thing unknown in their country, and they
have prudently determined to protect their
animals from contact with the less fortu-
nate brutes of other lands
Under these circumstances we deemed
ourselves particularly fortunate to secure
the right to carry our dogs into the coun-
try even under the restrictions which were
imposed upon us. The permit stipulated
that our hounds were not to be taken
ashore and must be left aboard ship
throughout their sojourn in the country,
or at least be isolated upon some little is
land at a safe distance from the inhabited
mainland. No such thing as an importa-
ton of dogs was ever known in Norway
before, and naturally enough when our
pack of So scented the shore and set up
their lusty bowls in the port of Bergen one
pleasant Sunday afternoon half the popu-
lation rushed to the waters edge to see the
circus. Plenty of police officers were there,
too, and their eyes were never once re-
moved from the bowling, growing con-
signment for scientific purposes only.
Chief Inspector Flood was there to direct
the process Of transshipment and to see
that no foreign cur came ashore to contami-
nate the purer race of CANNES which is
here supposed to abound
Fortunately steamer was that very
night bound for Aalesund, and fortunate
~ also no Norwegian dog was passenger
aboard.it. If there had been, our animals
would have had to wait for another and q
dogless steamer. A curious spectacle our
half hundred boxes Of dogs made as they
were lifted over the sides Of the ship upon
lighter, where they were piled up In q
huge, yelping pyramid in the presence Of
the alert officials and the gaping multi
tude. Some hours later, or at midnight,
the northward bound ship steamed out
Of harbor with our precious freight aboard,
aud as the last howl was heard from be-