Title: Under the Rays of the Aurora Borealis: in the land of the Lapps and Kv ns ... Translated from the Norwegian and] edited by C. Siewers.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF TRAVEL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection contains personal narratives, travel guides and documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and female. Also included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Tromholt, Sophus; Siewers, Carl; 1885. 2 vol.; 8 . 10280.ee.12.

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. JOUKNEYS TO HATTA, MUONION1SKA, AND KAEESUANDO. Tub Pleasures Of A Traveller?Something On " Y"?An UnwelCome Guest?The Besult Of His Visit?The Start At Last? A Drive In A Snowstorm-?A Befuge?A Banquet At A " Grand Hotel "?A Night On The Mountain-?In The Empire Of The Czar?A Diplomatic " Wedge "?Onward ?In The Land Of The Thousand Lakes?The " Straight Line " Of A Beindeer? A Lovely Midnight Drive?A Centre Of Religious FanaTicism?Absolution Dispensed Wholesale?An Evening In A "holy" Place ? The Finns ? The Kvins ? A Linguistic Puzzle?Bathing enfamille?A Land Of Lakes And Forests? An Hospitable Spot In The Wilderness?A Pleasant EvenIng?-A Finnish Church Service?Finnish versus Lappish?A Desolate Spot?Disappointment?On The Way Home?ConFusing Frontiers?Caught In A Snowstorm?A Pleasant Night?Welcome Back " Wenn Jemand eine Rtise tliulit so kann er was erzdhlen," says a German proverb. When a man has travelled he must have something to tell, you may perhaps say, and having now held the reader so long captive in the Koutokseino solitude, I feel it doubly incumbent on me to tell something of what I saw and experienced on my journey to?well, you shall soon learn where. I must say, by-the-bye, that the duty does not weigh heavily on me, as he who has travelled feels compelled to relate something?yea, you might as well attempt to stem mighty Niagara itself as the narrative of a man who for nine .months has been shut out fromevery vestige of civilisation, with a dog, a few hundred reindeer, and a score of Lapps for his sole society and enjoyment, were the journey but a walk through a village high street. And to be candid, gentle reader, is it not one of the greatest delights and rewards of the journey to think: " What shall I not have to relate when I get home ? " Does n...

Title: Under the Rays of the Aurora Borealis: in the land of the Lapps and Kv ns ... Translated from the Norwegian and] edited by C. Siewers.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Tromholt, Sophus; Siewers, Carl; 1885. 2 vol.; 8 . 10280.ee.12.