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Try Lapland; A Fresh Field for Summer Tourists

Try Lapland; A Fresh Field for Summer Tourists

Hutchinson, Alexander Hadden

Paperback

General World History

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ISBN10: 1151382957
ISBN13: 9781151382955
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 42
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.09 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1870 Excerpt: ... TRY LAPLAND. CHAPTER I. Preparations for the journey.--Decide to go overland to Stockholm.--Dover and the Lord Warden.--Brussels and its joy.--Cologne and the Cathedral.--Hanover and what we saw there.--Hurried peep at Hamburg.--The Duchy of Holstein.--Detained at Kiel.--Tossed to Corsoer over the Belts.--The Island of Zealand.--Arrive at Copenhagen. where are you going this year? is the question so often asked as the time draws near for the shaking off of harness. Happy the man whose mind is made up, and who, instead of wavering towards this or that direction, is able at once to reply, as I did on a similar occasion, Lapland. Objections by the score are, of course, showered' upon you at once; such as; Why! where is Lapland? somewhere in Russia? near the North Pole?--and your wife is not strong, and you cannot speak the language! etc., etc. Nothing daunted, as these and similar sentences tumble over each other from the astonished querist, we endeavour to reassure him by the answer, that we have gained some experience by roughing it in Norway, and that we prefer the clear, bracing air of the North, with its absence of night, to the short days and Swiss extortion of the South. We are also familiar with German, and can master a little Norwegian, and have already begun the Swedish grammar and dialogues. But you'll be frozen to death in the Arctic Circle, says our friend, returning again to the charge. Indeed! we are more likely to be deterred by fear of the heat and mosquitoes than cold! Doubting our sanity, he adds, as he walks away, shaking his head, All right! if you will go, give my love to the North Pole. In this world, we generally find that the anticipation of any enjoyment or pleasure is the best part of it; for, while we contemplate and dwe...

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