Year: 1873

Mr.. Du Chaillu's Lecture at Association


Hall Last Night.


It was at Association Hall. the occasion being
the first appearance OF Mr. Paul B. Du Chaillu in
New York since his arrival from Norway. and the
subject, "The Land OF the Midnight sum-


The audience was large and fashionable one
and the lecture short and interesting. In opening
Mr. Du Chaiu said There is q beautiful country
far away from our shores, far away towards the
icy north. 1t is glorious land, with snowy,
bold and magnificent mountains; Deep narrow
and delightful valleys; bleak plateaux and
slopes; wild ravines; clear and picturesque
lakes; immense forests OF white birch aud FIR
trees gigantic and superb glaciers, unrivalled in
size by any in Europe. 1t is OF this country that
have come to tell you. The rivers Of this great
country, in their hurried flights from the heights
above to the valleys below, tumble down as IL
from heaven in gigantic waterfalls and cascades
so beautiful, so lovely, so white and chaste, so
matchless In their beauty, that the beholder
1oS ydu es e S e leading eans them e the aa
try, geographically considered; let me now say
few words about the people, their mode OF living,
traveller but never In all my experience have
met with such an honest and simple class Of
g%sasn as and the Lapana her S II
human nature Is something incredible,
and their honesty exceeds all bounds often have
left my money behind me In q farmhouse, and as
often have | been followed on the road by my late
host with the treasure forgot in his domlce.
They scorn to take any reward for doing what
they consider their duty, and as often as have
offered them rewards they have been rejected.
They are very religious people and
very democratic people. or their religious
simplicity volumes could be written. They
are for the most part IN fact all, Protestants
or Lutherans. They bury their dead In graveyards
around the churches, and II o man dies 200 miles
away his body must be brought to the graveyard
and inferred. stranger can tell the condition of
almost any lady he meets. Those that are en-
gagged to be married have one plain gold
ring, those who are married wear two
and those who have o family wear
three. When a mans wife dies In this
have three days jollincston. About their demo-
by mentioning the fact that sought an interview
with the King and was accorded the same. Before
l was five minutes In the royal presence was
asked to smoke cigar, and at separating was
requested to call again, which did When l re-
turned had TO look for the King myself, there
being no guards or servants around the house. /
found him putting on his coat IN room up stars,
having Just put the finishing touches one Of his
pictures. few words about the midnight sun. l
witnessed this grand phenomenon while standing
on Cape North, the most northerly extremity OF Eu-
rope. The sun, instead OF setting as It does here
and running course from east to west, keeps
going around in circle, the lower periphery of
which is just on the horizon. When 1t makes the
lower curves 1t s partially obscured, but it rises
again and describes circles In the air for nearly
total darkness does not ensue, for the moon the
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