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woods, and more or less mixed uith biiclies, willows, alders, 

 &c. On the rising ground, towards the deep marshes, are 

 some farm-buildings. A good half-hour from Bossekop, 

 where the Altenelv takes a sharp turn, and has very steep 

 grassy banks, is a beautiful fertile piece of land, on which 

 are rich meadows, and many farmers reside there, and, be- 

 sides cultivating potatoes, they grow very good barley. 

 These farm-houses are continued, with occasional interrup- 

 tions, an hour further to the Ejbydal, which gets its name 

 from the Ejbyelv, which runs into the Altenelv, about an 

 hour and half above Bossekop. Beyond the Altenelv is 

 only a little generally wooded low land, where, besides 

 several farm-houses, also the Reipas-house lies at the foot 

 of the Reipasvara, which there rises rather abruptly, and 

 this mountain completely shuts in the valley of the Alten 

 from the south. At Reipas lives the overlooker of the 

 copper-works in the neighbouring mountains, and here, in 

 summer, lodge several salmon-fishing Englishmen — for the 

 Altenelv is famed for its particularly large salmon. But the 

 English have to pay for the permission to fish for salmon for 

 two months 90/. To the east of Reipas, exactly opposite the 

 village Elvebakken, is the mouth of the Twerelv, which 

 comes from the rather narrow Tvverdal. The latter valley 

 is almost entirely wooded with firs, alders, birches, &c., 

 which here attain a considerable height, and shows only a 

 few open meadows or marshes. 



Much longer and broader is the Ejbydal, situated more 

 to the west : at its lower end it is adorned with beautiful 

 meadows. Here especially, a little further up, at the foot of 

 the Skaaddavara, a very' luxuriant vegetation is developed; 

 and it is also repeated towards the Alten thai in some narrow 

 ravines at the foot of this mountain. Sorbus aiicuparlaj 

 Primus Pachis, Ribes rut/rum, Solidarjo, Valeriana qfficl- 



