CHAPTER IV.

Mine host at Dal--Bernadotte’s prudent benignity--Taxing the bill of costs--Hurrah for the mountains--Whetstones--Antique wooden church--A wild country--“Raven depth”--How the English like to do fine scenery--Ancient wood-carving--A Norwegian peasant’s witticism--A rural rectory--Share and chair alike--Ivory knife-handles--Historical pictures--An old Runic Calendar--The heathen leaven still exists in Norway--Washing-day--Old names of the Norsk months--Peasant songs--Rustic reserve--A Norsk ballad pp. 48-68