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(1859) [MARC] Author: W. Mattieu Williams
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252 THROUGH NORWAY WITII A KNAPSACK.

the lake and the wooded hills around. The situation
and general aspect of the lake are suggestive of
solitude, and this seemed like an unaccustomed holiday
outbreak upon it.

There is decided character in the costume hereabouts:
the men wear short jackets and vests, with double rows
of showy glass buttons on them; some have Brummel
hats, and others glazed sailors’ hats. The women dress
very gaily: a white handkerchief is folded over the
head, fitting closely to its shape; then by means of a
wire or cane it is stretched over the top of the head
in the form of a large flat arch, spreading far out at the
sides, and terminating in large wings, while the loose
remains of the handkerchief fall down partly behind
and partly at the sides: altogether it forms an
elaborate and extensive specimen of millinery architecture.
The bodice of their dress is a sort of open waistcoat
of scarlet cloth, with a bright green border, the lower
part of it disappearing under the skirt, which comes up
very high; the open part of the vest being filled with
a breastplate of embroidered cloth worked elaborately
with brilliantly coloured wool and silk: some have
bright glass beads worked in with the wool, and the
more aristocratic have breastplates worked with gold
and silver thread. I saw one matron, whose breast was
covered by one great central star, the rays alternately
of gold and silver, and the centre of glistening beads:
it was altogether on so magnificent a scale, that only a
stout woman could find room between the shoulders to
display it all at once. Besides these, they have silver

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