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or for the same distance to tlie south, ^vllel•c they com- 

 jnniiijate with tlie Kors fjord. Tlie shipping entrance to 

 Bergen is even furtlier south, by the fSoelbjorns fjord. At 

 30 miles from tlie sea the Oster fjord is found to be 340 

 fathoms deep, bnt much lower down it must have been 

 considerably silted up, for the depth is greatly reduced. 

 On the other hand the Sor fjord branch, which is only 198 

 fathoms deep at 30 miles frcjm the sea, rapidly increases to 

 275 fathoms depth near its junction witli the Oster fjord. 

 At 11 miles inland the Kadii fjord is 229 fathoms deep, 

 which is exactly what it measures at its termination on the 

 coast. 



It would appear most probable that these fjords originally 

 discharged themselves mto the sea south of Feje, Lat. 60° 

 45' N. 



Sogne fjord. Lat. 61° N. — If Ave steam up this imposing 

 feature of Norwegian scenery, which, together with those 

 which change names as we proceed, is 127 miles long, and 

 for many miles 2^ miles broad, Ave readily realize that the 

 Avhjle mercantile and war fleets of the AA^orld could 

 manoeuA're in it A\'ithout risk of collision. After proceeding 

 up it for a certain distance the grandest landscapes succeed 

 each other, and mountain masses rapidly descend from 

 heights of 4,000 to 5,000 feet to the Avater's edge, so that at 

 numerous places the largest vessels could load directly from 

 the shore. For the first 25 miles up this ijord the de])tli of 

 the Avater is betAveen 630 and 660 fathoms, except at one 

 place, near the village of Brekka, Avhere a lateral ijord 

 johis it from the south at right angles, and the detritus 

 brought doAvn by Avhich cannot find easy means to pro- 

 ceed onAvards. Here the soundings arc only 450 fathoms. 

 Thence to the coast, a further distance of 28 miles, the 

 depth of the great exit is reduced to 12'S fathoms, and even 

 in places to 93; but the gorge to the north, through the 

 Aspo fjord, is still over 200 fathoms, a depth marked for 

 50 miles of its course. 



For 6 miles out to sea the soundings to the north of the 

 central channel of the submarine fjord are 100 fathoms less 

 than in this latter. Bottom invariablv sand or slik. 



Bru fjord, Slav fjord, JJdsten fjord. Lat. 61° 30' N.— 

 Depth: 27 miles before reaching the sea 178 fathoms; at 

 20 miles 205 fathoms ; entrance channel 180 fathoms. 



Group offjordu f^onth ofAalesundy viz., Side fjord, Sior fjorden, 

 Sunelrs fjord, Gejravger fjord, etc. Lat. (S'2° (>' — ^'2° 30'' N. — 



