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are laid along a narrow shelf of rock blasted
out of the face of a precipice, and the snowy
torrent below runs a wild roaring race with the
engine and train above. The numerous lateral
valleys that pour their tributary streams into the
Gula are bridged across by the railway, and the
pictures that are flashed forth, first on one side,
then on the other, as the train runs across these
viaducts, are sources of continual interest and
excitement.
The terraces are very finely seen from the
railway, their magnitude, general configuration,
superficial extent, common level, and universality
in the lower portions of the Gula and its
tributary valleys, are better displayed than even to
a pedestrian, so far as their general aspect is
concerned. They are presented altogether in one
fine panorama, and thus are better comprehended
than when seen more slowly and in detail. This
applies especially to the unity of the terraces
of the lateral tributary valleys with those of the
main valley. Those on corresponding levels are
all seen to be continuous, winding round from
one valley into the other and thus betraying their
common origin.
The distance from Trondhjem to the present
limit of the line is about forty miles. It will
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