CHAPTER XYI. 



APPEARANCES PRESENTED BY GLACIERS AND 

 SNOW-FIELDS. 



OF the Justedal glacier, adjacent to the Sogne fiord, Du 

 Chaillu writes : ' This field of snow, the largest in 

 Scandinavia, covers a continuous tract of over eighty-two 

 English square miles, its depth in many places reaching 

 1000 feet. It comprises the area bounded on the north 

 by the North fiord, on the south by the Sogne, on the 

 east by the Justedal valley, and on the west by the Sogrie 

 fiord. Its lower part is entirely fringed by glaciers which 

 flow in every direction. The glaciers in the Fjaerland 

 fiord are three miles inland ; the extremity of the 

 Poyum being about 400, and the Suphelle 160 feet above 

 the sea. The backbone or rocky ridge of this maes of 

 snow has an average height of 5000 feet, the highest 

 point lying between Stryn and Justedal valley, Dals- 

 kaupos peak reaching a height of 6,410 feet in the 

 eastern, and 6,110 in the southern part. 



' At the head of Gaupe fiord, on the Lyster, is the valley 

 of the Justedal, which derives its name from the great 

 glacier which overtops its mountains. At the entrance 

 is the hamlet of Roeneid, with a comfortable inn, where 

 horses can be procured. A narrow road, used as a bridle 

 path, and passable with a cariole for a distance of six or 

 seven miles, leads to the end of the valley. 



'About fourteen miles from Roeneid stands the plain 

 parish church of the valley, surrounded by a rough stone 

 wall and the humble churchyard, with only a few wooden 

 crosses ; the adjacent parsonage has a small garden, and 

 a few patches of barley and potatoes, and may be said to 

 be the only clean and comfortable place in the vicinity. 



