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appears over this Haug’j. To the E. is Nuten with the Saltkjelnas.
A very interesting excursion may he taken to the Fresvik Glacier
(Ö145 ft.) to the SAY. (driving practicable part of the way). A
mountain-path leads hence through the Tundal and Jordal to
(8 hrs.) Stalheim (p. HO), on the road from Gudvangen to
Yosse-vangen.
The steamer now steers towards the N., passing the
promontories of Hønsene (‘the poultry’) and Meisen, and enters the narrow
Sogndalsfjord, an arm of the Sognefjord about 12 Engl. M. in length.
On the left is Gaarden Lunden, at which the steamer calls twice
weekly; on the right is Fimreite, on a fertile hill, commanded by
the mountain of that name (2570 ft.) rising above it. On 15th June,
1184, Magnus Erlingssøn was signally defeated and slain here by
King Sverre. Passing through the narrow Norefjord (with the
peninsula of Nordnces on the left), we enter the Sogndalsfjord
strictly so called, the smiling banks of which form one of the best
cultivated districts in Norway. On the left rises Olmheims Kirke.
Fardal (touched at twice weekly) lies at the mouth of the Øverste
Dal or Ofste-Dal. On the right opens the Eidsfjord, on the bank
of which rises the Storhoug (4235 ft.). On the left lies Gaarden
Stedje (or Steié), with its thriving orchards.
3 M. Sogndal (*Danielsens Hotel, at the landing-place, new;
SchjelderupJs Hotel), consisting of Sogndalskirke, Hofslund, and
Soyndalsfjceren (Fjcere, ‘beach’), reached by steamer in T* % hr. from
Fresvik, lies on an old moraine through which the Sogndals-Elv has
forced a passage. The heauty of the situation is enhanced by the
lofty mountains in the neighbourhood (Storhougen, to the S.,
easily ascended and affording a fine view; Skriken, 4115 ft., to
the SAV.; and Njuken, 3190 ft., to the N., easily ascended in
3(/g hrs.), and by the comfortable-looking farm-houses on the banks
of the fjord, among which that of Aaberge to the N. is especially
conspicuous. After the battle of Fimreite the victorious
Birkebeiner are said to have burned a hundred farm-houses here in one
day. A pleasant walk may be taken on the bank of the river to
the Waterfall, where there are several mills, and then to the S. to
the picturesque timber-built Church, a Bautasten adjoining which
bears the Runic inscription: ‘Olafr konungr saa ut mille stuina
thessa’. The road may then be followed to Stedje (see above), with
its two large Kæmpehouge (‘giant tumuli’), whence we may return
to Sogndalsfjæren by boat (an excursion of 1 hr. in all).
FitoM Sogndal to Fjækland (10-12 hrs.). A tolerable road ascends from
Sogndal to (11 Kil.) the Sogndalsvand (1500 ft.), on which we row to (6 Kil.)
Gaarden Selseng at its N.W. end. To the W. opens the Gnnvordal,
containing a new sanatorium. From this point the traveller may ascend
Thortladnakken (5250 ft.), which commands an imposing view of the
mountains to the E. of the Fjarlandsfjord and of the Jostedalsbræ. To
the E. the Horunger are visible in clear weather. — The path now
ascends the Langedal, passing several sæters, to the central of 1 lie three
depressions in the mountain, about 4130 ft. above the sea, to the left of
liAKDKKEii’s Norway and Sweden. 4th Edit. Ö
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