CHAPTER XXXI.. Sketches From the Bergenstift.

SKETCHES FROM THE BERGENSTIFT.

Peder's Embarrassment--His Drowning--The Landlady--Morning at Ulvik--A Norwegian Girl--Female Ugliness--Return to Vossevangen --Indolence--Detention at Stalheim--Scenery of the Naerödal-- Postillions--On the Gudvangen Fjord--The Sogne Fjord--Transparency of the Water--The Boatmen. 359