CHAPTER XVI. 
APPEARANCES PRESENTED BY GLACIERS AND 
SNOW-FIELDS. 
OF the Justedal glacier, adjacent to the Sogne fiord, Du 
Chaillu writes:—‘This field of snow, the largest in 
Scandinavia, covers a continuous tract of over eighty-two 
English square miles, its depth in many places reaching 
1000 feet. It comprises the area bounded on the north 
by the North, fiord, on the south by the Sogne, on the 
east by the Justedal valley, and on the west by the Sogue 
fiord. Its lower part is entirely fringed by glaciers which 
‘flow in every direction. The glaciers in the Fjaerland 
fiord are three miles inland; the extremity of the 
Poyum being about 400, and the Suphelle 160 feet above 
the sea. The backbone or rocky ridge of this mass of 
snow has an average height of 5000 feet, the highest 
point lying between Stryn and Justedal valley, Dals- 
kaupos peak reaching a height of 6,410 feet in the 
eastern, and 6,110 in the southern part. 
‘ At the head of Gaupe fiord, on the Lyster, is the valley 
of the Justedal, which derives its name from the great 
glacier which overtops its mountains. At the entrance 
is the hamlet of Roeneid, with a comfortable inn, where 
horses can be procured. A narrow road, used as a bridle 
path, and passable with a cariole for a distance of six or 
seven miles, leads to the end of the valley. 
‘About fourteen miles from Roeneid stands the plain 
parish church of the valley, surrounded by a rough stone 
wall and the humble churchyard, with only a few wooden 
crosses ; the adjacent parsonage has a small garden, and 
a few patches of barley and potatoes, and may be said to 
be the only clean and comfortable place in the vicinity. 
