. American boys in the Arctics; a trip to the far north by a new path. d Roy, witha laugh. Wonder if that fair-faced fossil standingbeside it belongs to it, Scott remarked. He wouldnt know enough to tell you ifyou asked him, Roy replied. Its a Nor-wegian sulky of ancient date, I reckon. Letsgo on. Wait till you see me scrape acquaintancewith him, through the great volapuk of signs,said Scott, stepping toward the man. He paused for a moment, with his handsin his pockets, wondering how to begin, whenthe fellow turned half-about, and with a pleasant smile remarked: That, gentlemen, is a carjol (h
. American boys in the Arctics; a trip to the far north by a new path. d Roy, witha laugh. Wonder if that fair-faced fossil standingbeside it belongs to it, Scott remarked. He wouldnt know enough to tell you ifyou asked him, Roy replied. Its a Nor-wegian sulky of ancient date, I reckon. Letsgo on. Wait till you see me scrape acquaintancewith him, through the great volapuk of signs,said Scott, stepping toward the man. He paused for a moment, with his handsin his pockets, wondering how to begin, whenthe fellow turned half-about, and with a pleasant smile remarked: That, gentlemen, is a carjol (he pronounced it car-y-ole), the onlynative carriage of Norway. It holds but one, beside a possible driverseated there behind, for where it is not downhill in Norway, it is sure tobe uphill, and our little ponies have all they can do to manage onepassenger apiece. I worked in a mill at Hartford, on the ConnecticutRiver, for ten years, and saw a good deal of your country. If you willaccept my carjols and ponies for an hour or two I should like to showyou some of IN THE PULPIT. A LONG CHASE. Without waiting for a reply, which it might have been embarrassingto prepare, he trudged leisurely away and soon appeared leading twostubbed little ponies which he harnessed into two carjols. Each boy had to drive for himself, while the host seated himself be-hind the first carjol, where he could walk up and down the steepest hillsand converse with both the boys. Huge rocks, and mountains bleak andbare and black swept up in great precipitous ledges. Waterfalls wereeverywhere ; rising in the clouds and plunging down, varnishing the rocks with purple as they passed —leaping, roaring, thunderingtill in clouds of spray andtangled rainbows theyplunged into some dark fjorddown below. Such was the glimpse ofNorway which Roy and Scottobtained in a drive of twohours, bumping along in theonly wheeled vehicle whichcan accommodate itself tothat grand and wonderfulcountry. They stopped to rest and
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