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choice of retracing our steps to Noerdal or making the 

 best of a shake-down in a dairy-house. 



We decided to avail ourselves of the latter accom- 

 modation, and the dairy-maids, who usually occupied the 

 quarters, obligingly cleared out and distributed them- 

 selves amongst their friends. 



The view from the Tourist Inn is remarkably fine. A 

 little river courses down the fjelds upon the left hand, 

 and partly supplies the two lakes which form the fore- 

 ground of the picture ; the middle distance consists of 

 grassy, undulating slopes, interspersed with masses of 

 broken rock, which lead aloft to mountains of 5000 

 feet high, including the pepperl)ox-shaped one I have 

 previously mentioned, upon whose flat summit some 

 enterprising individual has erected a cairn of stones at 

 no little risk, I should imagine, of breaking his neck. 



Leading away to the right, and almost facing the 

 inn, a fine glacier takes up the sky-line, and, in obedience 

 to the sun's command, sends forth its substance to dash 

 and foam in countless fosses to add the charm of falling 

 water to the view. The right-hand corner of the picture 

 is supplied by forests of trees and enormous piles of 

 granite, which descend to the lake's margin. Such is 

 the view of Interdalen. 



The lake would appear to have been brought into 

 existence by the blocking up of the lower end of this 



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