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THE NATIVES ASTONISHED.
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new application of their wondrously expansive powers.
When, at the conclusion of the show, I gave him two
of these rings, he rushed off to show them to his
housemen, and he evidently valued them above the artificial
flies and fish-hooks. I should advise all tourists who
propose penetrating the wilds of Norway to carry a few
boxes of vulcanized india-rubber rings with them.
I walked on by Bolkesjo, which is a clean
comfortable station near the boundary of the Tellemark.
The beams of the room are elaborately decorated with
scroll carvings and Latin inscriptions in relief; the
letters very large, and painted alternately red and yellow
on a green ground. A comfortable dinner was
provided here. I intended to take a carriole to the next
station, in order to have some experience of this mode
of travelling before leaving Norway; but I was told
that they could not fetch a horse in less than three or
four hours, and therefore I travelled by my usual means
of conveyance, along a good road and through a
well-peopled country. I was much struck with the change
in the appearance of the people and the condition of the
houses that was evident immediately upon passing the
boundary of the Tellemark. At Moen, I found a small
but comfortable station, and enjoyed the luxury of
sleeping in a clean, uninhabited bed.
On approaching Kongsberg next morning, I was
rather surprised at passing some wine-shops; the first
I had seen in Norway. In order to ascertain what sort
of wine is popular here, I called for a glass at one
of the shops, and was supplied with some cherry wine
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