Vol. 69.] THE HAESL0 LAKE AND THE S0LV0KN VALLEY. 21 



each a series of depressions or hollows, many of which are partly 

 filled with water. 



One of the larger Norwegian glaciers, Austerdalsbrae, descends 

 from the great snowfield in a southerly direction into a deep valley, 

 and other glaciers descend into a branch valley, Langedalen. Some 

 7 miles from the foot of Austerdalsbrse, we come to a lake, Vejte- 

 strand, which has a length of nearly 11 miles. It is, however, 

 almost divided by two small islands at a point 3 miles from|its 

 outlet. 



The southern end of the lake is formed by a low barrier of rock 

 which crosses the valley, a view of which is given in PI. I, fig. 1, 

 looking northwards : the lake being on the opposite side of the rock, 

 which (it will be observed) is greatly rounded by ice. At one 

 time there has been a flow of water over the western side of this 

 barrier (left side of the view) ; but now the outlet from the 

 Vejtestrands Lake is through a deep and narrow gorge cut in 

 the rock and seen in the centre of the vieAV. Near its lower end the 

 road from Hafslo crosses the gorge by a bridge shown in the view, 

 and the river flows out on the left into the sheet of water seen in 

 the foreground. 



Pig. 2 in PI. I is a view of the gorge taken from a point on 

 the rock-barrier above the bridge just mentioned, and nearer 

 to the Vejtestrands Lake, a part of which is seen in the distance. 

 A large kettle-hole will be noticed on the western side of the 

 gorge, and also a track, much out of repair, made for the use of 

 fishermen, which gives an idea of the scale. I would point out 

 that this gorge, with its large kettle-hole and other signs of great 

 water-erosion, is at the outlet of a long lake ; and I assume that 

 much sand, gravel, or stones must have been used to assist the water 

 in the erosion. Now, such material cannot have been brought 

 down the lake by water alone; so I take it that the gorge 

 must have been eroded when the lake was filled with 

 ice, and probably by a river flowing under a glacier. 



The length of the next section of the valley is nearly a mile and 

 a half. It extends from the rock-barrier at the end of Vejtestrand 

 to a conspicuous mound standing in the middle of the valley. 

 The valley of the Vejtestrands Lake runs southwards, but in the 

 section with which we are now dealing the valley shows a tendency 

 to turn eastwards. On its northern side are steep cliffs of granitic 

 gneiss, and the rock is greatly ice-worn : it has also been water- 

 worn to a considerable height above the present water-level. In 

 this rock we fiud a large giants' kettle, with a circular opening at 

 its top. In the lower part of the kettle the rock is schistose, 

 and there is a large hole through which one can enter the kettle. 

 The present floor of the kettle is 12 feet below the lowest part of 

 its lip ; but, the bottom being filled with earth and stones, it may 

 be much deeper. Internally the kettle measures 17 by 12 feet : 

 its present floor is some height above the nearest water. 



It should be noted that this waterworn rock and its giants' 

 kettle are not in a gorge, but on the side of a valley half a mile 



