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An artist could find material for a picture at every 

 turn of the road, but the landscapes would much resemble 

 one another. 



We suddenly turned from the main road into a 

 track through the pine forest, and, with half a mile's 

 jolting, were shot into Storjord, which, like most of 

 the hamlets along this valley, would he difficult of 

 discovery to the uninitiated. 



We questioned the only farmer in the place about 

 putting us up for a couple of nights, but as from him 

 we could only extract a meaningless grin, we tried our 

 luck with his old lady, who asked if a single room 

 leading out of the dairy would do for us. 



The apartment was redolent with the odour of sour 

 milk ; but, as the " old hand " suggested, we could 

 soon smoke that out, and we thanked the old lady 

 for her proffered hospitality ; but, previous to un- 

 loading our kit, we thought it advisable to visit the 

 Forstassistent, who, they informed us, lived close at 

 hand. 



We were fortunate to find him at home, and more 

 fortunate to find that he could put us up, for the 

 Swedish Minister had unexpectedly changed his route ; 

 so, making matters right with our friends at the farm, 

 we dismissed our carts, paying the men Kr.6 each, that 

 being the charge from Rognan to Storjord, a distance 



