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A bout Norway. 203 defying all obstacles in its turbulent path. The old road led over the steep hills to the right, and this we had to follow, for there had been a landslip on the new road, and for the present it was impassable. The ravine leading beside the new road is sublime, wid, and grand to the last extremity, but it was not then that we Saw it. Passing the church, we ascended the steep hill, wound round, and once more descending into the valley, found ourselves at Husum. We had not changed horses or carrioles since leaving Skogstad, six hours ago, and thus had lost very little time on the road: and the horses seemed as fresh at the end as at the beginning of the journey, Our post-boy was a little, strong, well-made mountaineer, about %5 = ————————SS SS —S->S = =< - : SS -- ——= ————————— GS = —_— LSS SSS = SSS= SSS == SS ——— “S555 SS —— Dutton == == ~ ee — = = —— ———— = > = ta = : ma a — Ni | Vary ' i Hi iat} j i He | | TT i NOOM PATH ATUTON GUT TTUMVONEN TONED } titi i | OS La TTT Mahe A "is ee Nyy | 5 _——— ‘ e { ti eric eset xi AT saan a HUSUM. twenty years of age, full of fire, and energy, and muscular develop- ment, who scrambled up the mountain sides like a cat after the wild flowers, laughed and talked incessantly, displayed his small stock of English, and made himself understood somehow. He was a fair, Saxon-looking man, and, dressed in his short blue jacket, knee- breeches, and brigand hat, seemed to harmonize well with the scenery. Towards the end he took up the guide-book, and with a familiarity in which there was nothing displeasing—so unconscious was it, so simple and frank was the fellow, so fresh, open, and genuine his tuddy face and clear, wide-open blue eyes—he pitched upon the vocabulary and phrases at the end, and reading the Norwegian in a clear, fluent voice, with great perseverance caught up the accent of the English equivalents, which he learnt off by heart as they were repeated to him. But at Husum he declared that he must go no further ; so we settled our money matters, and, according to the COMIC OOO <S) (CO)