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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 intu 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 high 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 isa 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 likejan emerald gem. This lovely 
spot. is about an English. mile in length.; From thence 
