250 Angling Travels in Norway. 



to the miud the vast power of water uuder partial 

 restraint. 



For the best part of 100 yards from each side of 

 the fjord the water seethes iu countless, ever-shifting 

 whirlpools, which meet in the centre of the passage ; 

 but at favourable states of the tide there is a centre 



course which is comparatively calm upon the surface. 

 Yet the steamer rolls as if upon an Atlantic swell, and 

 her contortions are felt in a peculiar manner by those 

 standing on deck, as with her engines at full speed she 

 does no more than two miles an hour, and it appears 

 difficult to keep her straight. 



At five a.m. Tuesday morning the boat stopped, and 



