The Royal Sport of Skating With Hints on Skiing

Skiing: pronounced in Norwegian "sheeting"--is the great winter sport of the Norwegians and Swedes. The sport is fast being introduced into this country and is gaining in popularity in every place where the two requisites  snow and a long, steep hill  can be had. The ski is a strip of ash or spruce wood, turned up in front like a sled runner, and smooth and straight grained.

 

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