20 WITH CARL OF THE HILL 



stone that covered the top of the chimney, the other 

 had a fire burning inside. 



It may interest those who only know Norway, 

 to hear what a sater in the Swedish hills is like; 

 for they are all of a pattern and a size. Built of 

 rough-hewn pine-trees, the cracks filled in with daub 

 and heather, their outside measurement is perhaps 

 eighteen feet by twelve. There are two compart- 

 ments ; in front the living-room, behind the dairy. 

 There are no windows, properly so called ; just a little 

 hole on either side screened by a movable board. 

 Round the room runs a wooden settle on which the 

 occupants sleep and sit. In the corner of the door is 

 the big hearth, over which hangs a large projecting 

 hood, all built of stone and plastered in, up which 

 there is perfect ventilation through the low, wide 

 chimney, so that the air in a sater is always fresh. 

 But uncomfortable place as it may appear from this 

 description, it is not really so. With its floor be- 

 spread with sweet shoots of the fir-tree, with the red 

 light of the fire twinkling on the polished surfaces of 

 the copper vessels that hang around, and lighting up 

 the kind honest faces of its homely occupants, it is 

 not uncomfortable then. 



During the summer months the cattle are sent 



