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against a large stone at a very small di- 

 stance from the spot where I stood. God 

 be praised that it did not hit me ! The 

 fellow ran away, and I never saw him after, 

 but I immediately returned home, 



July 15. 



In this part of Norway the fields are 

 not enclosed, wood for stakes or pales 

 being very scarce. There is no distinction 

 between the meadow or pasture grounds 

 and the forests, except that the latter are 

 rather more bush}^ and besprinkled with a 

 few trees, while the former are quite bare. 

 The meadows, and even the roads, are 

 mown, as well as fed, and yet both abound 

 with tall grass. A woman always attends 

 the cattle, which are not driven home at 

 night, nor when milked, but enclosed 

 within a moveable paling or pen. This is 

 continually removed from one spot to 

 another, in order to manure the ground. 

 Horses are permitted to range at large. 

 Hogs are yoked. The cows are milked 

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