thence Mr. Peter Anker drove me in a low phaeton drawn by
two aCtive Norwegian ponies to Bockftadt, a country houfe
which he has juit built on the banks of a fmall but beautiful
lake, about four miles from Vickery, in the midft of an endlefs
foreil, and furrounded by mountains. He ihewed us his grounds,
which are laid out very pleafantly, and carried us into his
kitchen-gardcn, which produces all kinds of vegetables, excellent
cherries, pears, apples, apricots, currants, goofeberries, and in a
favourable feafon tolerable peaches. He pointed out to me a fmall
plantation of all the principal trees which grow fpontaneoufly
in Norway. I remarked the plane, the afpin, the aih, mountain
aih, oak, elm, beech, birch, alder, willows, and various fpecies
of pines and firs, which form the riches of thefe parts.
Mr. Peter Anker has lately introduced various fpecies of
Engliih hulbandry into thefe parts. He has fown crops of
clover, which fucceed very well, and has lately cultivated
turneps.
C H A P . VII.
Silver Mines of Kongjberg— Cobalt Works of Fojfum— Journey
into the interior Parts of Norway.
SEPTEMBER 10. We quitted Chriftiania with much.regret, c H A p.
VII.
after having exprefifed our acknowledgment to Mr. Bernard ,
Anker for his extreme politenefs and hofpitality. That gentleman
alfo increafed our obligations to him by iketching out a tour
through the inland parts of Norway, and by giving us a circular
letter, which we found a paflport of introduction, and a means
of procuring accommodations and information.
A little beyond Giellebeck, the fecond poft-houfe from Chriftiania,
we paffed, near the high road, a quarry of whitiih grey
marble, which was firfl opened in order to fupply the itones for
the new church at Copenhagen, but is now no longer worked.
In the middle of the quarry Hands a column of the marble
eredted in honour of the late king Frederic the Fifth, who vifited
this fpot. ' i,
The houfes, and even cottages, in the neighbouring villages,
are ornamented with itaircafes from the blocks of this beautiful
marble.
From this quarry we afcended through foreits of pines and
firs to the fummit called Paradiiberg, or the Mountain of Paradife,