i6 ANGLERS' EVENINGS. 



diately popped it into our milk to ascertain if the latter 

 was sufficiently hot. I had seen enough of the culinary 

 business by this time, and returned up the ladder a sadder 

 and a wiser man. 



The day was thoroughly wet and we had a long 

 journey before us, so as soon as we could we left the sweet 

 place. The first station is Stalheim, just beyond which is 

 a marvellous cork-screw road, between two fine waterfalls 

 which would delight our good president's eyes to see. 

 From the foot of this road a fine level way runs by the 

 side of a small river to Gudvangen, where is a capital 

 station and scenery of the most romantic character 

 possible. Right opposite the station, perhaps a mile 

 distant, is the Keelfos, a fall 2,000 feet high ; and on both 

 sides of the fiord, at the head of which we now are, the 

 cliffs are from this to 5,000 feet. 



From Gudvangen to Lserdal a little steamer generally 

 runs, during the summer season, once or twice a week ; 

 but for some reason it was not running at the time of our 

 visit. We were aware of this, and had arranged with two 

 shipmates whom we saw on the road the previous day, to 

 take a row-boat together as far as Frdnningen, where we 

 could meet the large fiord steamer. We dined together 

 in the excellent station at Gudvangen, and learned from 

 our host that there was no hope of obtaining food at 

 Fronningen, there being only one house there, and that a 

 gentleman's residence, the owner a very inhospitable 

 fellow who hated tourists and had refused shelter even 

 to ladies in a storm. The journey would take us some 

 six hours, but as we should get food on the steamer we 



