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-* Marie Stegen, who, we found bad disappeared while we 
. were musingon the exciting scene, and on the romantic 
‘incident to which is attributed the name which it bears, 
' but of whom I said we might: possibly overtake him at 
the Sogne fiord. 
The Christiania fiord, of which mention has been made 
in' the .opening .chapter, which treats of the general 
features of the country, is a continuation of the Skager- 
‘rack, and resembles closely the rocky shore ‘scenery 
‘through which steamers make their way from Christian- 
sand to the capital. Avery different appearance is 
‘presented by the Sogne fiord, and this is more 
characteristic of the fiords of Norway. 
The Sogne fiord may be visited most conveniently’ by 
steamer from Bergen, for which’ port stéamers’ sail 
_ frequently, if not every day, from Christiania. 
'M. Du Chaillu, writing of his visit to this fiord, tells :-— 
‘Of all the fiords of Norway none can rival in size, 
grandeur, bold outlines, weird’ and sombre. landscape, the 
magnificent Sogne. No tourist should fail’ to'sail upon 
its waters. The ‘entrance, which*is formed’ on ‘the west 
side, by the Sulen Islands and others, is’ at ‘about 61°, 
and the main course winds its way inland almost ‘directly 
east. . . . ‘The average breadth: of the’ ‘Sogne ‘varies 
from three or four to about two miles, and its length, in a 
direct line, is over three degrees of longitude, or a’ distance 
of about eighty-four miles with its windings. 
‘There are several lateral branches, extending! north 
and south, besides deep bays or coves. On the northern 
shore are the Vadeim and Fjaerland, the latter fourteen 
. miles long, the Sogndal ten miles, and the Lyster twenty- 
four miles;‘on the southern shore are the Brekke, the 
Arne, and the Aurland, the ‘latter being’ sixteen ‘miles 
long, with its branch, the Naeroe, about’ six miles. No 
description can give to the reader an adequate idea of 
the magnificence of ‘the scenery of these narrow ‘lateral 
‘fiords: of the Sogne. . . . The: route’ to’ the Sogne 
‘fiord is among so many’islatids' that it’ often seems as if 
