Elevations 2 3 



In our coimtiy life, even, the signs of wealth and 

 luxury meet us on every hand. But here we may 

 wander for days seeing nothing more civilised than 

 tiny wooden houses ; and though Xorway is every year 

 getting more overrun by tourists, we may still pass 

 from valley to mountain and see no signs but of a 

 primitive and simple life, which has been unchanged 

 for centuries. 



And now to give a few statistics which may show 

 the propoi'tion of valleys and hills and higher mountain 

 peaks in Xorway. 



20*5 per cent, of the area of Norway lies between the sea level 



and 500 ft. above it. 

 22 G , , between 



26-0 

 16-8 ,, 



9-1 .,. 



3-8 



10 



0-2 ., 



0-02 ,, over 



We see from these figures that the amount of terri- 

 tory which rises above the height of 7000 feet is 

 extremely insignificant. There are, in fact, no very 

 high mountains in Norway. The Galdhcipig, in the 

 Jcitunheim, which is the highest of the JSTorweoian 

 mountains, is only 8400 feet in altitude. This does 

 not seem much beside the 15,784 feet of Mont Blanc, 

 or the 15,217 feet of Monte Piosa. About five per cent, 

 of the area of Norway lies above 4000 feet from the sea 

 level, — that is to say, above the highest point to which 

 the Scandinavian glacier ever reached. These hills, 

 therefore, which consist of the higher portions of the 

 Jotunfjeld, the Dovrefjeld, and Kjolen, and of certain 



