. American boys in the Arctics; a trip to the far north by a new path. 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 andlunch with a friend of theirhost, living upon anotherfjord. He could not speaka word of English, but theboys were astonished to findthat they understood a gooddeal of what he , sa
. American boys in the Arctics; a trip to the far north by a new path. 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 andlunch with a friend of theirhost, living upon anotherfjord. He could not speaka word of English, but theboys were astonished to findthat they understood a gooddeal of what he , said the miller, before I could speak any English I was inthe Scotch Highlands, and could easily understand the peasants there,and they could understand me ; but in London I could not understand athing. Now it is quite changed since I have learned English. I canunderstand Englishmen, but can make nothing out of the Scotchdialect. On their return they saw a fellow sitting alone upon a green bank,so engrossed in playing a violin that he did not look up as they NORWEGIAN PEASANT.
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