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'In the wild valley, which is a continuation of the fiord, 

 at a short distance inland/ he goes on to say, 'is a pictur- 

 esque lake, whose waters are of a deep green colour. . . 

 The Stigebjerg mountain rises perpendicularly from the 

 lake, with a wild waterfall plunging in white foam from a 

 towering height. . . . Towards the middle of the lake 

 the scenery is superb, and looks wild and weird. In one 

 part the gigantic mass of rocks falls abruptly into the 

 water, and a little further on a grand fall Hellegaard- 

 Foss tumbles in white foam from the heights above, and 

 looks whiter on account of the sombre nature of the rocks. 

 Perched higli up are several saeters, one of which is called 

 Kvenli. Soon after came in view from behind another 

 white mass of foaming water the Stige-Foss, which had 

 been hidden from our view. 



' Looking backward towards the fiord a wild spectacle 

 greets the eye, and one cannot realise or believe it is the 

 same country just passed ; towering mountains and wild 

 ravines are seen in every direction, and the yellow leaves 

 of the birch and grass look beautiful. Near the upper 

 end of its northern shore is the Nondal valley, with farms 

 pitched 2000 feet above the water. At the head of the 

 lake the valley of the Aardal takes the name of Utland, 

 which leads to the Vetti-Foss the waterfall for which we 

 are now bound. It runs almost parallel with the Lyster fiord, 

 separated from it by masses of mountains, about twenty- 

 five miles wide, culminating in the Horunger 7,620 feet 

 high, and surrounded by glaciers. On the eastern side 

 the mountains rise to a height of 6,500 feet, and its lakes 

 and torrents afford the artist and the lover of mountain 

 scenery unfailing and ever-changing sources of delight. 



' There is a neat farm called Noen, where one can find 

 comfortable quarters. At a short distance from the house 

 a spur of the mountain covered with fir seems almost to 

 bar the way ; but beyond this is a beautiful dale with a 

 few farms, looking like an emerald gem. This lovely 

 spot is about an English mile in length. From thence 



