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A VISIT TO THE NORTH CAPE AND NORWAY. Mar., 1891 . 
91. —Another view along the shore of the same lake, or “ Vand,” 
which is one of the inland freshwater lakes. 
92. —Road approaching Yadheim. 
93. —Distant view of Heldre Fos Waterfall from the road. This shows 
one of the older fashioned Stolkjaerres without springs; the 
seat is fixed upon the back end of two wood bars, which are 
slipped into sockets upon the long, slender shafts, and the com¬ 
bined effect is a certain amount of springiness, that makes the 
riding fairly comfortable, although there are no springs. This 
kind of vehicle takes all to pieces when stowed away. At one 
station where we had to change vehicle as well as horse, there 
was at first no fresh vehicle to be seen ; but then a man came 
bowling along a pair of wheels on their axle ; then he brought 
out of a shed, on his shoulders, a pair of shafts, with a couple of 
bars connecting them, dropped them on to the axle, and attached 
them by two wood pegs through holes in the axle ; finally, he 
brought the seat and footboard, with the two long bars fixed to 
them, and slipped these into the sockets upon the shafts—and 
there was the carriage complete. 
91.—Another view of Heldre Fos Waterfall seen across the lake. 
95. —Langlands, on the road to Yadheim. We then went by steamer 
a long distance from Vadheim to Laerdalsoren, up the great 
Sogne Fjord, the largest of the Norwegian fjords, which extends 
as far as 100 miles from the sea to the farthest extremity of its 
numerous branches. Some idea of the Norwegian fjords is 
given by the Scotch lochs on the west coast of Scotland, such as 
Loch Long and Loch Fyne ; but the longest of these, Loch Fyne, 
is only forty miles in length, and the Norwegian fjords are much 
more lofty in the sides and grander in scenery, and they have the 
striking addition of the glaciers and tile numerous waterfalls. 
96. —The landing at Laerdalsoren from the Hardanger Fjord steamer. 
97. —Bridge at Nedre Hoeg, near Laerdalsoren. 
98. —Sukem Fos Waterfall, near Laerdalsoren, showing the cloud of 
spray rising from the fall. We then started on an excursion up 
the Jostedal Yalley, which was reached by a small coasting 
steamer from Laerdalsoren. We stayed two nights in the valley, 
and went to the great Nigaards Brae Glacier, which is one of the 
numerous glaciers that descend from the Jostedal Snowfield, and 
is on the opposite side of it’to the Brixdal Glacier that we had 
previously visited. 
99. —A view in Jostedal. The valley is thirty miles in length to the 
Nigaards Brae Glacier, and strikingly picturesque in character, 
with great variety of scenery. It is out of the line of ordinary 
tourists. The little station or inn near the head contained only 
two bed rooms (but beautifully clean and neat), and the visitors’ 
book had only thirty names of visitors in it since the beginning 
of the year. 
100. —Another view in Jostedal, showing one of the steep bits in the 
road, where it has been squeezed in between the rocky cliff and 
the torrent below, and the road suddenly pitches down a very 
steep incline. 
101. —A view in one of the more open spaces in the valley, where there 
are several small farms, with fields of corn and hay. 
102. —A view showing the road creeping round a corner of the rock, 
with the stream below. 
103. —View showing the mountains towards the head of the valley. 
104. —First sight of the Nigaards Brae Glacier, flowing down a side 
valley from the great snowfield. 
105. —Close view, upon the glacier. 
