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or early dinner at Dahl’s Inn, or (better) in the house of the
captain of the ‘Bægna’ (older beforehand of railway-guard). There
is also a restaurant on board the steamer. It then ascends the
Ragna or Aadals-Elv, with its occasional lake-like expansions. The
navigable channel, indicated by wooden buoys (Bøier) is
somewhat intricate. On the right we soon pass Hallingby, a
skyds-station, with a pretty church (520 ft.). Higher up the river the
stream becomes very rapid, and the engines are required to do
their utmost. We next pass the pleasant-looking farm of
Bergsund on the left. The course of the vessel is often obstructed by
floating timber (Tømmer), through which it has to force a passage.
The rapid Kongstrøm, which intersects an old moraine, is now
ascended, and we enter (18 Kil. from Heen) —
*Lake Spirillen (490 ft.; probably derived from spira, ‘to flow
rapidly’), a beautiful sheet of water, 15 Engl. M. in length,
surpassing the Randsfjord in picturesqueness. The banks are well
cultivated at places, and at others mountainous and severe. To the
left, as we enter the lake, rises the Høyfjeld (3240 ft.). The
principal place on the W. bank is Viker or Aadalen, with a church,
about 8 Kil. to the W. of which is the Gyranfisen (3540 ft.).
Opposite, on the E. bank, lies Enger, a picturesque gaard and
posting-station. After passing the Ramberg] (1680 ft.; left), the steamer
comes in sight of —
Næs, or Xasmoen, at the head of the lake, with its church and
wild mountain-background.
To the W. of Næs is the entrance to the Hedal or valley of the
Urulen-Elv, through which a rough road ascends to (25 Kil.) Ildjarnstad,
with an interesting timber-built church. According to tradition the
whole population of this valley died of the plague in 1349-50 (‘den store
Mandeded’, ’■Daudeti’, or ’iden sorte Død’). When the church was
afterwards discovered by a hunter, he found a bear installed by the altar, in
proof of which a bear’s skin is still shown. Similar traditions also exist
with regard to other places in Norway and Denmark. — From
Ildjarnstad a road crosses the hill to Dokken (p. 90).
When the river above Næs is too low to be navigable, the
steamer does not go beyond this point, in which case the
traveller crosses the bridge to the(10 min.) skyds-station Granum (good
quarters), where the night is spent. [The traveller may also drive
the same evetiing to Dokken or even to Storsveen.]
In continuing the journey from Næs by road, we first drive
through a somewhat monotonous forest. On the left rises the
precipitous Bjørnbratbjerg, and farther on, beyond the forest, are the farms
of Ilaraldshougen, which command a fine view of the valley. On
the right towers the imposing Valdershorn, and on the left the
Sørumfjeld. We now cross the boundary between the districts
(Fögderier) of Buskerudsamt and Christiansaint. The mutilated
birches here have been stripped of their foliage to provide fodder
for the cattle. Strømmen is prettily situated on the right.
11 Kil. (from Næs) Sørum (skyds-station and good quarters), a
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