LETTER X. 
BUCOLICS—THE GOAT—MAID MARIAN—A LAPP LADY—LAPP LOVE- 
MAKING THE SEA-HORSEMAN—THE GULP STREAM—ARCTIC CUR¬ 
RENTS—A DINGY EXPEDITION—A SCHOOL OP PERIPATETIC PISHES 
—ALTEN—THE CHATELAINE OP KAAFIORD—STILL NORTHWARD 
HO ! 
July 27th, Alten. 
This letter ought to be an Eclogue, so pastoral a life 
have we been leading lately among these pleasant Nord- 
land valleys. Perhaps it is only the unusual sight of 
meadows, trees, and flowers, after the barren sea and 
still more barren lands we have been accustomed to, 
that invests this neighbourhood with such a smiling 
character. Be that as it may, the change has been too 
grateful not to have made us seriously reflect on our 
condition; and we have at last determined that not even 
the envious ocean shall for the future cut us off from 
