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hay for their feeding during the long winter months. 

 Life is hard and meager, and industry, foresight and thrift 

 are necessary. 



As mountain valleys are separated from each other by 

 ridges which for a considerable part of the year are al- 

 most impassable, the inhabitants are divided into groups 

 whose world consists largely of the small valley in which 



A MOUNTAIN SHEPHERD WITH HIS FLOCK. 



they live. Their customs and manners of dress become 

 in time somewhat different from those of the valleys about 

 them. In Norway many of the different valleys have de- 

 veloped various unique and beautiful costumes. Only 

 in recent years, since travel has become more common, 

 have these been laid aside for the humdrum, characterless 

 costumes of the rest of Europe and of the United States. 

 In some of the Scotch Highlands the natives still cling to 

 their ancient dress. 



