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.
able danger. The rough peasant proprietors and
their housemen at the stations, seeing so many
ladies, were scrupulously careful to test every bit
of rope, secure every knot, examine every shaft,
grease every axle, and do all they could to ensure
our safety and comfort.
It may even be that one of the annoyances of
which we complained at the time, viz. the sending
of men instead of boys to bring back the horses,
was due to their anxiety to secure efficient aid and
protection ; but be that as it may, I cannot
conclude this portion of my narrative without heartily
thanking them all, and expressing the feeling that
I believe is shared by almost every visitor to
Norway, and especially those who have visited it more
than once—a feeling of home sympathy such as no
other foreign country than “ gammle Norge ” can
awaken in the breast of Englishmen; and the
common desire to find another opportunity of
revisiting a country whose magnificent physical
features appeal so powerfully to the senses of the
traveller; but not more powerfully than do the
honesty and simple goodness of the people appeal
to his affections and moral sympathies.
Before concluding, I may add a few practical
hints suggested by my experience of the two
contrasted modes of inland travelling in Norway;
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
