Norway in 1848 and 1849 Author:Thomas Forester Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: So charming was the scene, that we reconciled ourselves, without much regret, to the prospect of here finding shelter for the night, as it appeared probable that... more », again, no horses could be procured. My friend established himself, with his portfolio, at the edge of the wood ; but, however picturesque the foreground which the group of gabled buildings, grotesquely carved, presented for his sketch, an examination of the interior of the dwelling-house satisfied me that, without being very fastidious, it could be no place of rest to us. We were prepared, on occasion, even to bivouack in the woods, — no great hardship in fine weather, and in a latitude where, at this season, there was hardly any night. BANKS OF THE NID. When, therefore, on further search, I discovered a detached shanty, in which was deposited a quantity of sweet hay, all difficulty was ended. Here were shelter and a soft couch. We might go further and fare worse. We would take our evening meal on the broad flagstone beside the entrance of our rude tenement; perhaps stroll by the river-side, and throw our line in the ripple where the stream gurgled round the point of yonder green meadow; and resign ourselves to repose under the influence of that calm and delicious feeling which all around was calculated to inspire. chapter{Section 426 CHAPTER II. FOREST SCENERY CONTINUED. NIGHT SCENE. FALLS OF THE NID. GEOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. CENTRAL DISTRICTS CONTAIN THE FINEST SCENERY. — HISTORICAL REFERENCES, AND GENERAL PLAN OF THE JOURNEY. We were well disposed, on the banks of the Nid, and in our present mood, to echo the feeling of Burns for the Scottish stream—its synonyme—he "loved sae dear:" — " The Thames flows proudly to the sea Where royal cities stately stand; But sweeter flows the Nith to me."...« less