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The terraces are very abundant hereabouts, the
valley through which the railway winds being
paved with a deposit of boulder clay through
which the river has subsequently cut a channel.
The river itself (the Dramselv) is of considerable
width and makes many cascades; it is also paved,
but with different material—with timber loo’s of
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all sorts and sizes, so abundant in many places
that the water is scarcely visible; all proceeding
on their way to Drammen, the great timber port
of Norway, with about 17,000 inhabitants.
The timber is cut from the hill-sides of the
upper valleys, and floated down to rude
waterpower saw mills, like those represented in the
engraving, and which are so abundant that they
form quite a characteristic feature of Norwegian
inland scenery. The sawed timber is then marked
and floated on to its destination, which, however,
it does not reach without adventure. It pitches
down cascades, the long planks presenting a very
grotesque appearance when they turn over end
foremost, and project like huge bristles from the
water as they descend. They are frequently
stranded on shallows, from which they are
relaunched by men employed for this purpose.
1 have one word to say respecting Drammen,
suggested by a letter which appeared in the
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