SEIZED THE OPPORTUNITY.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 136, 24 January 1916, Page 4

SEIZED THE OPPORTUNITY.

"The guides who pilot visitors about in Norway," said a returned traveller, "are a pleasant, inteligent set of men. They speak our language fairly well, and are always anxious to pick up new words. "Occasionally this desire leads to funny mistakes. While exploring some of the wild and precipitous cliffs one day with my guide, we came upon a spot which looked like an abandoned quarry. " 'What is this, Karl?' I asked. 'Have they been getting out stone here?'

" 'Yes, sir,' he answered; 'it is where some time ago they have been shooting the rocks.' " 'Oil, yes; blasting,' I snid, with a smile, and Karl's quick ears caught the new word for 'shooting.' I heard him murmuring to himself two oj three times afterwards.

"The next day our journey brought us Into a large tract of magnificent forest. 'Karl,' said F, 'there ought to be fine hunting here in the season.' " 'Yes, sir,' was the prompt reply, 'very good hunting.' Then, with the air of a man who seizes an opportunity, he added, proudly, "Indeed, it is near here, sir, that we blast many bears.' " .