NORWAY. 36 J 



In the course of my tour, my guide 

 having one day conducted me to his next 

 neighbour, the latter was just about shift- 

 ing his quarters, and therefore could not 

 take charge of me. The former would not 

 attend me any further, though I paid li'im 

 well for his trouble, and entreated him 

 not to desert me. I was obliged therefore 

 to menace him with my hanger, upon 

 which he took to his heels. He did not 

 however succeed in his attempt to escape, 

 for my servant soon caught him. His fears 

 overcan>e him, and he promised, trembling, 

 to accompany me as I wished. Observing 

 that he very often turned his head about, 

 I made him walk before me. As soon as 

 we came to the residence of another Lap- 

 lander, and before I had well entered the 

 hut, he set out running, not back again 

 the way we had come, but towards the 

 mountains, so that the devil himself could 

 not have caught him, and leaving both his 

 money and his civility behind him. This 

 is a proof that severity is not the best way 



