Full resolution (JPEG) - On this page / på denna sida - Sidor ...
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Below is the raw OCR text
from the above scanned image.
Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan.
Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!
This page has never been proofread. / Denna sida har aldrig korrekturlästs.
body and soul are so inherently and incurably
vulgar and degraded, that they certify to their own
blackguardism by calling their poorer brethren
“ cads ” and otherwise insulting them. These are
the social refuse that, as I have already stated, have
been occasionally compelled to wheel their own
carrioles. They afford the only instances in which
the ass is used as a beast of burden in Norway.
He is entirely superseded for native use by the
hardy little Scandinavian pony.
We lose little time in embarking. Although the
boat is of good size, the six rowers and seven
passengers fill it quite sufficiently. We are
huddled in the stern to make room for the
oarsmen, and find that the old man was quite right
in his demand for more power, as the head wind
blows fiercely, in some places almost overpowering
the rowers, and throughout compels them to hug
the steep rocks of the shore in order to obtain the
shelter afforded by its many projecting headlands.
This lake, the Bredhjem’s Yand, is very grand
and beautiful, and our excursion thereon would
have been a delightful one, but that the rain
poured down from the clouds above, and the spray
blew over from the waves below, rendering
umbrellas, waterproofs, and other devices of very
small avail. In the course of about four hours we
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
