CHAPTER XV.

Papa’s birthday--A Fellow’s sigh--To Kongsberg--A word for waterproofs--Dram Elv--A relic of the shooting season--How precipitous roads are formed in Norway--The author does something eccentric--The river Lauven--Pathetic cruelty--The silver mine at Kongsberg--A short life and not a merry one--The silver mine on fire--A leaf out of Hannibal’s book--A vein of pure silver--Commercial history of the Kongsberg silver mines--Kongsberg--The silver refining works--Silver showers--That horrid English pp. 277-296