234 On the Heights of Mountains in Norway. 
measurements, the mean numbers have been taken. Most 
of the measurements were made with the barometer, but some 
of the heights were determined geometrically. 
The following selection contains the greatest elevations 
above the level of the sea in the different mts or districts ; 
and also the heights above the level of the sea of some of the 
mountain-passes and other interesting localities, as well as of 
the snow-line and of the limits of various forest trees. The 
Rhenish feet have been converted into English feet, the 
Rhenish foot being reckoned = 1.0297 English. 
AGERSHUUsS-AMT. 
Egeberg, near Christiania, . , ‘ 400 
To-Aasen, Nzesodden, near Sey ‘ : 690 
Skrebjergene, in Feiringen, ; 2430 
Highest part of the road between Wateiaon aod Maridalen, 1310 
Mjésen, the largest lake in Norway :— 
a. When the water is low, at the end of December, 410 
b. When the water is at its mean height, May and June, 430 
SMAALEHNENES- AMT. 
Linnekleppen, hill between Rakkestad and Oedemark, the 
highest point in Smaalehnene, 1050 
HEDEMARKENS-AMT. 
Sodlen (Stor-Sdlen) in Lille-Elvedalen, Oesterdalen, . 6180 
Solen (Solentind) in Reendalen, Oesterdalen, towards the 
Femund Lake (conjectural), —. ‘ ' 6180 
Tronfjeld in Ténsaet, Oesterdalen, . 5630 
Pass between Kakhelledalen and Enunden ‘(chain ef the 
Dovre), ' 3700 
Plateau of Divine mean height on he same pass, 3600 
Lake of Femund, Oesterdalen, ; 2250 
Lake of Stub or Shae: on the boundary eee Tonset and 
Quikne, and at the water-shed between Agershuus and 
Trondhjems-Stift, ; ; 4 2260 
CurisTIANS-AMrT. 
Nautgardstinden between Sjodalen and Veodalen in the 
mountainous district to the south of the Ota-Vand, 
Guldbrandsdalen, : 7620 
The highest mountain summits of Scandinavia belong +0 the 
group of the Jotunfjelde, and, according to Broch, lie 
to the south-west of Nautgardstinden, between the Gjen- 
din Lake and the valley which bounds Mugnafjeld (Kal- 
vaahigda) on the north. Broch estimates their height 
