y AB SPORT IN NORWAY. 
elsewhere, the fashion is carried to the extreme without 
any regard to tastefulness. 
These walkine breeches, with long dangling sleeves 
and short clippei head, with an ear on either side stick- 
ing up as a l.andle, have scarcely anything human 
about them, 1 ut possess a remarkable bearish look; and 
the word “ Buxe-bjérn” (or “ Bear-breeches ”) can only 
be duly appreciated and understood on seeing a Szeters- 
dal peasans. But there was good reason for abolishing 
the old costume, for the knee-breeches, which were held 
on the hips only by a single button, did not nearly come 
up to the short waistcoat, thus leaving a large part of 
the body uncovered, except by the thii shirt—a very 
insufficient protection against the severe climate of a 
Field district ; and the people maintain that colic and 
cramps in the stomach are much less frequent than 
formerly. It must, therefore, be allowed that in this 
case appearance has been sacrificed to health ; a great 
deal more than can be said of many other fashions that 
have come into vogue in the world, in which a total 
disregard to health and good taste has been the dis- 
tinguishing feature. The dress is set off by a lively 
array of buttons, an upright green collar, light green 
facings, cords, and cuffs, with yellow and red embroidery 
upon a grey ground. The séljer (silver brooches) and 
silver studs are not wanting. 
The peasants’ shoes have a peculiar turned-up peak, 
