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first observed. At AarJal Merteima maritima was abundant, also 
Axpei'Uijo prnnimheux^ Atrij/lex Ijabinufonii, Lycopxix arrenxix, 
Lx'jiitlitwi ramjixxfre, Eriijeron acre, and tSrutellana t/alericnlata. 
During iny stay at Aardal there occurred very frequent falls of 
rocks into the Fjord and the Aardal Vand. These took place 
generally during the day, and from surfaces of rock which had been 
heated by the sun, so that the masses were evidently split olf by 
the expansion of the rock caused by heat. Small pieces, loosened 
perhaps by rain, were continually falling down ‘ couloirs,’ but the 
larger pieces were split off from the under surface of an overhanging 
piece on the face of a perpendicular cliff. Some masses which had 
thu.s fallen near the Aardals Vand were of large size, one, weighing 
at least five or six tons, was seen by my ‘ roer-carl ’ when it fell 
about mid-day in Juno last year. It is possible that it might have 
been loosened by frost, but the immeiliato cause of its fall must 
have been due to heat. 
On the journey to Vadheim, one of the most noticeable features was 
the immense profusion of PoliipixHuiii jihei/nptfirii!i and P.dri/opterix^ 
which clothed the sitles of the fjord for miles. Between Vadheim 
and Ulvik were noted Junmx alpinux, Woodtsia hiiperborea, 
Sibbaldia pivcuiiibenx, Gnaphalium xupiuum ; and between Feed 
and Ulvik, Axplenium viride, A. xeptentrionale, Lyximachia ruhjarix, 
Li/rhnix alpinux, Span/auiuiii mtaiix, Androxaee xejdenirioncdix, 
Saxifraija sfdlanx and S. riiralix. Along the shore of the J bister 
Vand Ranunndus reptaux was seen in great beauty. ( Tossing to 
Faleide, I went thence to Lben, and across the Lben Vand to tiie 
fine Kjendals-brae. At Lben tliere is a fine runic ci*oss fixed in 
the wall of the churchyard. Formerly it stood on the east end of 
the church, but was Uken down and put in its present position 
when the chui'ch was rebuilt. In form it resembles the Iona 
crosses, and is evidently of great antiquity. It has been broken in 
two, but I discovered the lower half, which had been used as 
a coping stone, and found that the total height was ten feet. The 
stone, which is mica schist, is much weathered and full of coarse 
garnets. 
Between Faleide and Hellesylt not many plants were met with ; 
llyperirum jndchnim, Pt/mla rot undi folia, P. ddorantha, Rlit/n- 
rlioxpora allta, being the chief. In the Geiranger iSaxifraya 
rotyledon was seen in great profusion, but the flower spikes \vere, 
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