14 FORESTRY OF NORWAY. 
the valley narrows itself into almost a ravine, strewn with 
fragments rended from the mountain sides, and lined 
with occasional terraces. Passing the farm of Svalheim, 
you reach the Hjaelledal-Foss, a superb cascade falling in 
a sheet of foam from a height of seven or eight hundred 
feet, and then the Hagadal-Foss, nearly as high. The 
river below is spanned by a frail, narrow bridge, composed 
of two or three fir logs; and on the other side there are a 
few fields of barley, and a patch of potatoes. ‘ 
Afterwards the Utland becomes very narrow, and almost 
obstructed by huge rocks—masses of rock which fall every 
year from the mountain, against which the torrent below 
dashes wildly, filling the valley with its constant roar; 
suddenly the valley expands again, and on the hill you 
see the Vetti farm, where the tourist may tarry for the 
night. 
‘From the house a zig-zag path leads to the heights above 
into the deep chasm, from whose edge, by lying flat on 
the ground, one may venture to look into the depths below, 
and follow the fall. Another path leads into the valley, 
and to the foot of Vetti-Foss, or Moerk-Foss. This beau- 
tiful waterfall is formed by a stream from two small lakes 
at the base of the Koldedal plateau 6,510 feet high. From 
a dark perpendicular wall, forming almost a semi-circle, 
the stream plunges down from a height of more than a 
thousand feet. Towards the end of summer, so small is 
the volume of water that it falls gently in a transparent 
column of spray, looking the more white by contrast with 
the dark wall which forms the background. I wondered 
that this cloud of spray could make such a volume of 
water, rushing so violently among the rocks that it was 
with difficulty that I crossed to the opposite bank, from 
which a better view of the fall is obtained. The soil and 
rocks are covered with a dark fungus, and everything con- 
tributed to make the spray appear whiter, I could see no 
land beyond, and only a few birch trees on the ridge. As 
the fall is vertical, only a small portion of the water strikes 
upon the rocky walls. As I looked the column of spray 
