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Sogndal fiord, with its weird: scenery, its fruitful: tracts, 
and transverse valleys, over-which farms are scattered... . 
‘From the Sogndal the scenery of the Sogne is superb. 
On the northern shore rises Storehog, 3,830 feet ; opposite: 
Blejen, 5,400 feet ; and the fiord between them: is about: / 
two. miles wide..and 2,900 feet:deep. Many of the! moun- 
tains rising from the fiord are torn ; in some places birch, 
fir,,or pines, are seen to a great height’; and a solitary: farm, 
a saw or grist-mill meets the eyes. Fifteen miles above-the . 
Sogndal fiord, on the northern shore are the small hamlets 
of Lower and Upper Amble, and Kaupanger church. | 
These are situated on the shores of a lovely bay of oval 
shape. The lower-hills slope gently towards the sea, and 
are clad with woods ‘to: their very tops;.while groves of 
different trees, the elm, the linden, the birch, and other 
trees, grow. here and there. Two beautiful streams. fall — 
into the. sea, and .on their banks are little grist-mills. | 
Meadows, yellow fields, and patches of potatoes were seat-.: 
tered round the farms. On a sunny day the: place: is .. 
exquisitely beautiful. How many of these picturesque. 
spots one finds upon the fiords ; they burst upon -you when 
least expected, A little farther, entering the Lyster fiord, 
one beholds a beautiful and extensive panorama of moun- 
tains.and water. Snow.and glaciers meet the'eyes-in the 
higher. regions ; while a farm, a hamlet, or a church, shows 
that men-live by’ the sea -in the: midst of this grand and 
stupendous nature. . 
‘Some ten or twelve miles inland, on a promontory on 
the-eastern shore, is Urnaes, from which an excellent view: 
of the fiord presents itself, with its ranges of hills'and 
spurs coming down to the sea. On the western. shore 
opposite Urnaes, is Solvorn, picturesquely situated in the. 
hollow. of the mountains. 
‘We are here amongst mountains and glaciers,..and 
waterfalls are not. awanting. At the mouth of the Lyster 
we enter Aardal, a continuation of the Sogne, and-its most 
eastern extremity. At its entrance. rises the Bodlenakken 
2,990 feet, and on the opposite side the Boermolnasse, 
3,860 feet, with still higher mountains beyond them, 
